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New Strategies to Discover Human Disease Genes
The Scientist
| Oct 16, 2023
| 2 min read
Learn how researchers across health-related fields identify and characterize disease-causing genomic variants.
How Pancreas Injuries Can Cause Cancer in Mice
Dan Robitzski
| Nov 9, 2021
| 4 min read
A key mutation turns healing cells into cancer promoters.
Are Phages Overlooked Mediators of Health and Disease?
Catherine Offord
| Feb 1, 2021
| 10+ min read
Bacteria-infecting viruses affect the composition and behavior of microbes in the mammalian gut—and perhaps influence human biology.
Guts and Glory
Anna Azvolinsky
| Apr 1, 2016
| 9 min read
An open mind and collaborative spirit have taken Hans Clevers on a journey from medicine to developmental biology, gastroenterology, cancer, and stem cells.
The Inside Guide: The Gut Microbiome’s Role in Host Evolution
Catherine Offord
| Jul 1, 2021
| 10+ min read
Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.
Week in Review: March 3–7
Tracy Vence
| Mar 7, 2014
| 3 min read
The gene behind a butterfly’s mimicry; the evolution of adipose fins; bacteria and bowel cancer; plants lacking plastid genomes
Directed Evolution, Phage Display Nab Chemistry Nobel
Catherine Offord and Kerry Grens
| Oct 3, 2018
| 4 min read
The 2018 award goes to Frances Arnold, Gregory Winter, and George Smith.
The Ephemeral Life of the Placenta
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Dec 4, 2023
| 10+ min read
Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.
Unraveling the Mystery of Zombie Genes
Iris Kulbatski, PhD
| Oct 31, 2023
| 6 min read
Digging into how and why some genes are resurrected after death sounds morbid, but it has practical applications.
All Together Now
Mary Beth Aberlin
| Jan 1, 2016
| 3 min read
Understanding the biological roots of cooperation might help resolve some of the biggest scientific challenges we face.
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