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... with new drugs. Shaun Roman Identifying vulnerable sites in the male genome The role of the spermatozoa is to deliver the male genome to the female egg. However, DNA damage in a man’s sperm can ... his children. Recent data indicates that certain regions of the male genome are particularly vulnerable due to incomplete packaging of the ...
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... in the world. Dr Bowden will learn how to sequence the entire human genome and research childhood cancer, at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). “Sequencing the entire genome allows us to see changes in a gene or copies of it, which means ... the NCI’s paediatric oncology group. This relationship and my genome-sequencing skills will allow the Hunter team to be part of much ...
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... the globe, Hunter researchers have been able to view whole human genome sequence, and in more detail at a DNA level. Results published in ...
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... research has helped to provide some biological meaning to the cancer genome. We’ve been able to identify pathways that drive leukaemia, and ... a process called protein sequencing. “Cancer is a disruption to the genome – a combination of factors alter the genome, and these cause the cells to change into cancer cells. Proteins ...
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... helped secure a $800,000 grant from NSW Health to generate Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) data for 500 individuals. The aim of this ... expression at what is known as an imprinted locus, an area of the genome that has an epigenetic mark that allows genes to be expressed in ... in Florence, Italy. I also presented some of my work at the Human Genome Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. I have also been apart of many ...
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... for associations between specific genes and disease can undertake genome-wide association studies. The effect of individual genetic ... people without known infection. They identified regions in the genome (loci) associated with contracting COVID-19 and other genetic ...
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... associated with schizophrenia, after contributing to the largest genome-wide study of the disease ever conducted. University of Newcastle ... associated with schizophrenia, after contributing to the largest genome-wide study of the disease ever conducted. The results, published ...
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... and prevention Genetics – the International Preterm Birth Genome Project (PGP) Preterm birth prevention clinics Fetal growth ... for Reproductive Sciences, University of Newcastle Head Preterm Birth Genome Project Foundation Scientific Director, Newcastle 1000 Chairman ... collaborators from Canada and through the Global Preterm Birth Genome Project involving collaborators from the United States, Mexico, ...
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... Kelly is fascinated by p53: a protein known as the ‘guardian of the genome’. This protein is known for its ability to prevent the ... such as DNA damage - this is why it is known as a guardian of the genome. It is also one of the most frequently mutated genes in cancer, ...
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... coding genes. This is despite the fact that the proportion of the genome devoted to regulatory RNAs, not protein coding RNAs, scales with ...