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Dr. Bell is a senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… She conducted her postdoctoral training at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, before joining Harvard Medical … on the fine-mapping of genomic deletions in ovarian cancer and in malignant mesothelioma as a means to home in on … the dramatic clinical responses of non-small cell lung cancer patients to gefitinib, a small molecule inhibitor of …
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Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the … to research into the molecular underpinnings of uterine cancer. The overarching goal of the laboratory is to identify … of the most clinically aggressive forms of endometrial cancer. Our research entails the functional annotation of …
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Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the … to research into the molecular underpinnings of uterine cancer. The overarching goal of the laboratory is to identify … of the most clinically aggressive forms of endometrial cancer. Our research entails the functional annotation of …
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A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans.
… … A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans. … Cancer, Tumor, Genetic Mutation, Chemical … A carcinogen is a substance, organism or agent capable of causing cancer. Carcinogens may occur naturally in the environment …
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Elaine Ostrander is chief of NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… is Chief and Distinguished Senior Investigator of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the … Dr. Ostrander joined the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington in 1993, … state-of-the-art genomic approaches to identify prostate cancer susceptibility genes in both high-risk families and …
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An oncogene is a mutated gene that contributes to the development of a cancer.
… is a mutated gene that contributes to the development of a cancer. … Carcinogen, Mutagen, Cancer, Cell, Mutation, Tumor Suppressor Gene … An oncogene is a mutated gene that has the potential to cause cancer. Before an oncogene becomes mutated, it is called a …
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the first two genes found to be associated with inherited forms of breast cancer.
… found to be associated with inherited forms of breast cancer. … Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Genetic Mutation, Genes, DNA Repair, Family Health …
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NIH researchers searched for how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer.
… the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts of the body (metastasize) … how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers … acts as a sensor for oxygen and nutrients in many types of cancer. They discovered 40 new genes that are either turned …
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Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients. They have developed an algorithm that sorts … to their clinical and biological relevance to a patient's cancer. … The findings eventually may help guide … Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and the National Cancer Institute, both part of the National Institutes of …
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NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy. They conducted … an association between AAV and the occurrence of liver cancer. The present research addresses this problem in gene … documented a 50-70 percent higher occurrence of liver cancer in AAV-treated mice compared with a 10 percent liver …