Neurogenomics – News and Features

Using CGH technique, researchers identified a recurrent reciprocal genomic rearrangement of chromosomal region 17q12 in fetal samples with congenital anomalies.

A new study now indicates that microRNA may influence the development of alcohol tolerance, a hallmark of alcohol abuse and dependence.

Researchers have found that a small molecule capable of targeting specific proteins on the surface of breast cancer cells can inhibit the growth of breast cancer cells that migrate to the brain.

Deficiency of the FMR1 gene and a similar gene called FXR2 could account for sleep problems associated with inherited mental impairment.

Both institutes scan human genome to accelerate discovery of the genes associated with diabetic nephropathy.

Company believes that the newly identified genes sets will form the basis of a new assay to diagnose multiple sclerosis.

Company announces positive results from screening studies using the its noninvasive circulating cell-free fetal nucleic acid SEQureDx™ Technology.

Study transforms scientists' understanding of Rett syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes autistic behavior and other disabling symptoms.

Researchers have developed a way to pinpoint the specific cellular components that sustain a specific memory in genetically-engineered mice.

UW-Madison scientists report the discovery of a gene expression pathway that exerts a sweeping influence over the process of oxidative stress.