Connection Between Epigenome, Selective Mutability, Evolution, and Human Disease
Li, Harris et al., PLoS Genetics
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine and elsewhere propose a "connection between the epigenome, selective mutability, evolution, and human disease" based on the findings of their study on associations of structural mutability with germline DNA methylation and with non-allelic homologous recombination mediated by low-copy repeats. "Combined evidence from four human sperm methylome maps, human genome evolution, structural polymorphisms in the human population, and previous genomic and disease studies consistently points to a strong association of germline hypomethylation and genomic instability," the Baylor-led team writes.
Biolog, Texas A&M Partner on $1M Phase II STTR to Phenotype Pathogenic Bacteria
October 15, 2007
The collaboration allows Biolog to leverage facilities and expertise surrounding pathogenic bacteria at Texas A&M that it lacks in house. Texas A&M benefits primarily from the research funding, and may stand to generate licensable intellectual property, though Biolog would likely not be the licensor of such inventions, a company official said.
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