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Jun 17
Jun 17 The DNA Tricks that Gave Us 100 Kinds of Tomatoes

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

More than 200,000 large-scale DNA variations give tomatoes their diverse flavors, determine crop yields, and influence other important traits.

Full story at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

May 18
May 18 Smoking Increases SARS-CoV-2 Receptors in the Lungs

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

New research suggests that cigarette smoke spurs the lungs to make more ACE2, the protein that the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 uses to enter human cells.

Full story at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Apr 30
Apr 30 In Search of the Genetic Components Behind Psychiatric Disorders

Jennifer Michalowski
Feature, BrainFacts

Genetics indicate that current diagnostic criteria for mental illness fail to reflect the biological problems at the root of patients’ symptoms.

Full story at BrainFacts

Apr 16
Apr 16 Charting a New Field of Cancer Neuroscience

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Experts in cancer, neuroscience, immunology and developmental biology chart a roadmap to illuminate the complex relationship between cancer and the nervous system.

Full story at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Apr 14
Apr 14 Genetic Analysis Will Aid in Interpretation of Lymphoma Trials

Jennifer Michalowski
News, National Cancer Institute

A new genetic analysis can assign patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma to one of seven different genetic subtypes of the disease.

Full story at National Cancer Institute

Apr 14
Apr 14 DNA Barcoding

Jennifer Michalowski
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Student scientists use DNA barcoding to survey plants, animals, and microbes in Cold Spring Harbor.

Full story at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Apr 13
Apr 13 Potential Biomarker for Immunotherapy Response in Melanoma

Jennifer Michalowski
News, National Cancer Institute

Analyzing tumors for a particular molecular signature could help clinicians assess whether someone with melanoma is likely to benefit from immunotherapy.

Full story at National Cancer Institute

Feb 24
Feb 24 Extra Chromosomes in Cancer can be Good or Bad

Jennifer Michalowski

High levels of aneuploidy are usually associated with aggressive cancers, but some extra chromosomes can inhibit metastasis.

Full story at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Feb 13
Feb 13 Jellyfish Can Sting Swimmers, Prey With ‘Mucus Grenades’

Jennifer Michalowski
News, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Cassiopea jellyfish release a toxin-filled mucus that can cause irritating stings.

Full story at Smithsonian

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