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.
LabCorp Expanding Albany Footprint with New Service Site in Upstate NY
LabCorp is opening a patient-service center in Glens Falls, NY, near the capital Albany.
The new facility, which will be located near Glens Falls Hospital, will open "on or about" May 15," though it "may be able to open a little before that," according to a local news report.
Located an hour's drive north of Albany in eastern New York, the facility will primarily draw blood and collect urine samples. It is one among several the reference lab runs in the region.
It has contracts with "most heath insurance companies" in and around Albany, according to the report.
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