Tag: genetics

Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers have uncovered a “genomic tug of war” in animal studies that could influence how well certain patients—and certain cancers—respond to a specific cancer therapy.

Researchers in the UR Center for RNA Biology discovered a new way to suppress mutations that lead to a wide range of genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and many forms of ...

The founding director of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester received the award for her discovery of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in humans.

Alex Levin, M.D, MHSc., has built his career identifying rare genetic conditions through examining the eye. Now, he is leading a new multi-faceted division that will seek to transform genetics-based ...

A pediatrician and internationally renowned bioethicist at The University of Chicago, Ross was tapped as the inaugural chair of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Department ...

Using network modeling, Wilmot Cancer Institute researchers have honed in on a set of gene interactions that are critical to malignancy and likely to be fertile ground for broad cancer therapies.

Researchers at the University of Rochester Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience and Rochester Institute of Technology have received a U.S. patent for technology designed to accelerate development of ...

Researchers are looking at news ways to leverage "junk DNA" to prompt the immune system to kill cancer cells.

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 ...