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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 … , 7:e1002245, 2011. [ PubMed ] O'Hara AJ, and Bell DW. The genomics and genetics of endometrial cancer (Review). Adv …
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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 National Human Genome Research … Dr. Ostrander joined the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington in 1993, …
Educational Resources
Prostate cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system.
… Prostate Cancer … Prostate cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth … gland, which is part of the male reproductive system. … Cancer, Cell, Mitosis, Mutation … Prostate cancer is a …
News Release
Learn what happens when two genetic neighborhoods merge in brain tumor cells after a gene controlled by a gene-control switch turned on a cancer-growth gene.
… switch from a different genetic neighborhood, turning on a cancer-growth gene. The research team was led by Bradley E. … in energy production, seemed to have no relevance to cancer. Dr. Bernstein and his colleagues found that when the IDH gene was mutated, particular portions of the cancer cells' DNA became studded with chemical tags called …
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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 …
Educational Resources
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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Dr. Paul Meltzer is an adjunct investigator in NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… is a leader in the application of genome science to cancer research. His recent studies investigate the genetic … instability, non-coding RNA biology, and translational genomics. Developing applications of genome technologies for … Asian Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Cholangiocarcinoma . Cancer Cell , 32(1):57-70.e3. 2017. Killian JK, Dorssers LC, …
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Dr. Heidi Parker is an Associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NHGRI.
… Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research … laboratory of Dr. Elaine Ostrander at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, established the first classification …
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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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TCGA researchers have found that chromophobe renal cell carcinoma stems partly from gene alterations in the mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
… Steven Benowitz … Media Availability Researchers in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have made a number of new … about the biology and development of a rare form of kidney cancer. … They found that the disease - chromophobe renal … of the 66 ChRCC tumors studied, a high number for a rare cancer. The study revealed increased numbers of mitochondria …