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Learn what happens when two genetic neighborhoods merge in brain tumor cells after a gene controlled by a gene-control switch turned on a cancer-growth gene.
… Genome Advance of the Month highlights a landmark study in Nature that describes what happens when two genetic … switch from a different genetic neighborhood, turning on a cancer-growth gene. The research team was led by Bradley E. … a role, such as liver cancers, sarcomas, colon cancers, bladder cancers and leukemia. Future studies are looking …
Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) was a joint effort of the National … explore the entire spectrum of genomic changes involved in human cancer.  The project then molecularly characterized … in the most common type of lung cancer r  (2014)  TCGA bladder cancer study reveals potential drug targets, …
Talking Glossary
La hibridación fluorescente in situ (FISH) es una técnica de laboratorio que se usa para detectar y localizar una secuencia de ADN especÃfica en un cromosoma.
… Hibridación fluorescente in situ (FISH) … La hibridación fluorescente in situ (FISH) es una técnica de laboratorio que se usa para … de ADN especÃfica en un cromosoma. … Fluorescence in situ hybridization (abbreviated FISH) is a laboratory …
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Dr. Bell is a senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… Institutes of Health. She received her B.Sc. (Honors) in Zoology and Genetics and her Ph.D. in Biology and … She conducted her postdoctoral training at Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, before joining Harvard Medical … on the fine-mapping of genomic deletions in ovarian cancer and in malignant mesothelioma as a means to home in on …
Jobs at NHGRI
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the … to research into the molecular underpinnings of uterine cancer. The overarching goal of the laboratory is to identify …
Jobs at NHGRI
Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute, at NIH.
… Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Daphne W. Bell, within the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch of the … to research into the molecular underpinnings of uterine cancer. The overarching goal of the laboratory is to identify …
Educational Resources
A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans.
… … A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans. … Cancer, Tumor, Genetic Mutation, Chemical … A carcinogen is a …
Educational Resources
An oncogene is a mutated gene that contributes to the development of a cancer.
… is a mutated gene that contributes to the development of a cancer. … Carcinogen, Mutagen, Cancer, Cell, Mutation, Tumor Suppressor Gene … An oncogene … it is called a proto-oncogene, and it plays a role in regulating normal cell division. Cancer can arise when a …
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the first two genes found to be associated with inherited forms of breast cancer.
… found to be associated with inherited forms of breast cancer. … Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Genetic Mutation, Genes, DNA Repair, … of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. People with mutations in either BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a much higher risk for …
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NIH researchers searched for how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer.
… Once they have consumed all the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts of the body (metastasize) … how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers …