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news › sequencing-uncovers-cause-childhood-blindness
… A mutation in a gene called NMNAT1 can cause a form of inherited childhood blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis, said researchers, …
news › genomic-sequencing-of-healthy-newborns-does-not-disrupt-family-dynamics
… information may cause undue distress for families. As part of the BabySeq Project, researchers led by a team from Baylor College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s … randomized clinical trial designed to examine how best to use genomics in clinical newborn medicine. The study …
healthcare › ... › lung-resection
… contributes approximately 20%, the right middle lobe around 10%, and the right lower lobe about 30%. Similarly, the left …
healthcare › clinical-trials › h-48638
… Cerevel has begun a study of an investigational drug called CVL-751 (also known as Tavapadon) as a possible …
healthcare › clinical-trials › h-47851
… the frequency and severity of pancreatic insufficiency (called "EPI") in pancreatic cancer patients using a lab test …
news › oleic-acid-a-key-to-activating-the-brains-fountain-of-youth
… have the capacity of generating new neurons, a process called neurogenesis. The hippocampus region of the adult … a ‘master regulator,’ a protein within neural stem cells called TLX that is a major player in the birth of new … Discovery at Baylor “We discovered that a common fatty acid called oleic acid binds to TLX and this increases cell …
news › src-3-is-a-key-regulator-of-the-12-hour-clock
… rhythms corresponding to the 12-hour tidal cycle, also called the circatidal rhythm. Tides heavily influence … to time the administration of medicines, a new discipline called ‘chronotherapeutics.’ “Many rhythms exist and are …
news › reanalysis-molecular-data-genetic-diagnoses
… instructions for making proteins. Analyzing these pieces called exons allows researchers to identify changes, also called variants, in the DNA sequence. Many mutations that …
news › unraveling-the-complexity-of-vitamin-b12-diseases
… with the most common inherited vitamin B12 disease, called cblC, suffer from a multisystem disease that can … the MMACHC gene, but rather in genes that code for proteins called RONIN (also known as THAP11) and HCFC1. The resulting …
education › ... › compact-between-teachers-learners-and-educational-staff
… Duty: … All participants in the education mission have a duty to sustain a learning environment conducive to …