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Mouse Gata2 gene can affect female fertility and uterine susceptibility to cancer

November 30, 2016 estrogen, Fertility, Gata2, Genetics, human fertility, mouse fertility, progesterone, uterine cancer

Determining the cause of infertility can be a complex matter. Infertility may be the result of a problem in one or several of the multiple

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How understanding tumor diversity can potentially improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer

November 28, 2016 Cancer, Cancer Genome Atlas, cancer molecular profile, Genetics, Immunotherapy, immunue check point, lung cancer, lymphocyte infiltration

[See video below] “People may think of lung cancer as one disease, but lung cancer is a collection of diverse subtypes of cells and each

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Research opens the possibility of new, noninvasive genetic prenatal testing

November 25, 2016 amniocnetesis, blood test, chorionic villus sampling, Genetics, prenatal testing, trophoblasts

Performing a routine prenatal test with a mother’s blood sample might be possible in the future, says a group of researchers. They have determined that

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Small brain region linked to nicotine addiction plays a major role in the control of appetite

November 23, 2016 acetylcholine, basal forebrain, Brain control of apetite, Control of Apetite, diagonal band of Broca, Neuroscience, nicotine; addiction

[See video beolow] Researchers studying the mystery of how the brain controls appetite have brought into play a small region of the brain, the basal

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Genomic approaches can provide answers to undiagnosed primary immunodeficiency diseases.

November 18, 2016 Genetic Sequencing, Human genetics, Immunology, molecular causes of disease, next generation genome sequencing, PIDD, primary immunodeficiency disease

Lea este artículo en español, aquí. An international team of physician-researchers set out to change the approach by which they genetically diagnose primary immunodeficiency diseases

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Post-operative outcomes in the VA improved in the last 15 years

November 4, 2016 A Matter of Health, ACS NSQIP, post-operative outcomes, VA, VASQIP, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration is the largest integrated health system in the US providing care for nearly 9 million veterans. In a recent past, the

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Image of the Month: Artist’s rendition of antigen recognition

October 31, 2016 HLA, MHC, organ rejection, solid organ transplantation

In organ transplantation the main target of the immune response is the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) which is expressed on the surface of donor cells.

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Two Baylor College of Medicine faculty members named to the National Academy of Medicine

October 26, 2016 Honors, National Academy of Medicine;

Dr. Malcolm Brenner, founding director of the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital,

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$27.9 million from NIH to support Baylor’s Knockout Mouse Project

October 24, 2016 Award, Genetics, Human genetics, International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium

Nearly $28 million has been awarded to Baylor College of Medicine’s Knockout Mouse Project led by Dr. Arthur Beaudet, professor of molecular and human genetics,

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Variations in gene ATAD3A can result in distinct neurological syndromes

October 21, 2016 ATAD3A, fruit fly, Human genetics, mitochondria, miyophagy, neurodevelopmental disorders

Research has revealed that a group of rare neurological syndromes for which there was no cause can be the result of variations in the gene