POSTS TAGGED AS gene expression

Telomere Length in Different Tissues

Telomere length across human tissues
This piece, from investigators at The University of Chicago and other genetics centers, discusses the variation [MORE]

Are Brain Organoids Accurate Models?

Human brain organoid
“. . . [A] stem cell biologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and his team demonstrate [MORE]

Controlling Embryonic Stem Cell Fate

Monash University Scientists – Bullen, Das and Tripathti
A research collaboration between Australian and American scientists has found two genes (using [MORE]

A Cancer Pathology Gene Atlas

New Pathology Atlas Launched
Quoting directly: “A new Pathology Atlas has been launched with an analysis of all human genes in [MORE]

A Nasal Swab to Detect Lung Cancer

Nasal Swab
For persistent smokers, their “airway field of injury” extends all the way from their bronchial epithelium to the cells [MORE]

Predictive Genomics: Stanford’s PRECOG for Cancer Outcomes

Data Base
“Prediction of Cancer Outcomes from Genomic Profiles” is what Stanford’s Cancer Institute calls its database that integrates expression profiling [MORE]

Transforming Skin Cells to Brain Tissue for Autism Research

Human Brain Organoid
Yale University neuroscientists have grown brain “organoids” from induced pluripotent stem cells, converted from skin cells of autism [MORE]

A Protein Called “TOPLESS”

TOPLESS Protein
Why would a biomedical research institute, focusing on cancer, conduct research on plant proteins? The answer explains why the [MORE]

Making New Cells for Transplantation

Pioneer Factor DNA
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine have identified a key process in the gene [MORE]

“PAM50” Test Kit for Recurrent Breast Cancer

Personalized cancer treatment depends upon subclassifications of patients’ diseases, such as breast cancer’s sub groups: luminal A, luminal B, [MORE]

Schizophrenia Diagnosed with Nasal Neurons

What does a nematode have to do with schizophrenia in humans?  Nothing directly, but in 1993 the first micro [MORE]

A New Mystery Written in RNA

N6-methyladenosine
For some time, biochemists have known about DNA and protein modifications—i.e. chemical changes that alter the function of genes [MORE]