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.
Genetic Testing to be Part of Baylor's New Dallas Cancer Center
Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas on Saturday plans to open a new outpatient cancer center in Dallas that will include genetic testing and other "diagnostic tools"
The 10-story, 467,000-square-foot Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center will focus on breast, blood, lung, liver, pancreas, head and neck, bone, skin, and other cancers, Baylor said in a statement today.
Baylor, a non-profit organization, expects the new facility to attract patients from other states, which could increase its lab volume beyond what Baylor had originally predicted.
"We think the new Baylor Sammons Cancer Center is a destination facility that will be bringing cancer patients from other parts of the country to Dallas," John McWhorter, president of Baylor Dallas and senior vice president of Baylor Health Care System, said in the statement.
He added that the new facility "has already made it easier to recruit nationally recognized scientists and physicians," including clinical lab-medicine specialists.
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