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.
SIRS-Lab, Pfizer Target Sepsis with MDx Tests
November 24, 2010
The initial focus of the partnership will be on using molecular diagnostics to test for severe fungal blood stream infections and to evaluate the clinical impact and pharmacoeconomics of such an approach.
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