Tag: genetics

Every decade or so, a new technology comes along to help clinical labs identify genetic abnormalities. Whether a patient is a pregnant mother, a young child, someone with rare cancer or genetic ...

The University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center has received a $7.7 million, five-year renewal grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Science. The grant marks five ...

The professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oncology and Pediatrics was honored for her pivotal discoveries in the field of RNA biology. The prize is administered by Harvard Medical School and ...

The director of the Center for RNA Biology received the prestigious international honor for discoveries in RNA biology that have the potential to improve human lives.

Working with zebrafish, Patrick Murphy, Ph.D., wants to understand some of the most fundamental questions in cancer including how cells divide and change inappropriately.

Stephano Mello, Ph.D., has always lived for those “eureka” moments in the lab, but it was a series of personal eureka moments that shifted him toward cancer research.

Paul Boutz, Ph.D., thought he’d be a paleontologist until he studied under a prominent RNA biologist and shifted his course toward cancer biology.

Binding of the coronavirus spike protein (red) to an ACE2 receptor (blue) on a human cell leads to the penetration of the virus in the cell.Viruses like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are ...

Genetic tests for cancer helps doctors and patients figure out the best targeted therapy matched to the tumor’s mutations. But the tests leave questions hanging about radiation therapy — until now.

Pediatric obesity is a growing problem. One third of children in the U.S. are either overweight or obese. For parents and caregivers of children who are obese or at risk of obesity, the information ...