Gene Therapies and Rare Disease - Medicine Informing Novel Discoveries (MIND)
Rare disease research is creating new paths for diagnosis, treatment, and broader medical discovery. Gene therapy can repair or replace faul...
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University of California faculty present the latest findings in genetic research and discoveries.
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From Electronic Health Records to Space Medicine: Building the Future of Space Healthcare
Space healthcare depends on connected health data that can follow people wherever care happens. Peter DeVault, Epic, explains how electronic...
Germline Epigenetic Imprints Regulate Mammalian Development with Azim Surani 2025 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Basic Sciences
Azim Surani, Director of Research at the Gurdon Institute and Professor Emeritus at University of Cambridge, received the Kyoto Prize in Bas...
Genes Communicate Through Twisting: The Story of Supercoiling in DNA
It is well known that inside nearly every living cell on this planet, there are instructions powering the dynamics of everything in the cell...
Stem Cells for Conservation: Trials and Tribulations of a Non-Model System
Marisa Korody, Ph.D., leads groundbreaking work at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s Beckman Center for Conservation Research, where sci...
Bridging the Gap: Intercontinental Collaboration on Histone Deacetylation
The human body is made up of billions of cells. These cells are the basic building blocks of life, and they work together to form tissues, o...
Harnessing My Daughter's Diagnosis to Drive Novel Treatments for Neurodevelopmental Disorders with Madeleine Oudin - Autism Tree Annual Neurodiversity Conference 2024
Madeline Oudin, Ph.D., is a scientist and mother on a groundbreaking mission to help her daughter, Margot, who has two de novo mutations in...
Precision Pediatrics: The Case for Genomic Sequencing in Newborn Screening
Almost every child born in the United States undergoes state-mandated newborn screening within the first 48 hours of life. The blood collect...
CARTA: Comparative Anthropogeny - A Weakly Structured Stem for our Origins in Africa with Brenna Henn
We know Homo sapiens started in Africa, but we're uncertain about how they spread. Limited fossils and data have hindered our understanding....
Translating Cell Therapies to Clinical Realities with Malcolm Moos Jr. - Breaking News in Stem Cells
Are you curious about the future of medical treatments and how they might impact your health? Malcolm Moos, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., shares how cel...
Genomics for Everyone: UCSC Researchers Release First Human Pangenome
UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome—a new, usable reference...
Spatial Analysis of RNA Distribution During Early Mouse and Human Embryogenesis - Elsy Buitrago-Delgado
Elsy Buitrago-Delgado, Ph.D., shares how spatial analysis of RNA distribution during early mouse embryogenesis suggests that the first cell...
Navigating Challenges in Genomics and Patient Advocacy
The Science & Technology Ethics Center (STEC) is proud to present a series of lectures and a panel discussion that explores the intersection...
Unraveling the Role of Histone Deacetylation during Cell Division
The human body is made up of billions of cells. These cells are the basic building blocks of life, and they work together to form tissues, o...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Evan Eichler and Daniel Geschwind
Anthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from exti...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Pascal Gagneux Robert Kluender Anne Stone
Anthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from exti...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny with Terry Sejnowski and Sarah Tishkoff
Anthropogeny, has provided many new discoveries over the past decade, ranging from new fossil finds to ancient DNA data, including from exti...
Prostate Cancer Genetics and Genomics - Prostate Cancer Patient Conference 2022
As part of the 2022 Prostate Cancer Patient Conference, Dr. Jonathan Chou discusses the role of genetics and genomics in prostate cancer. Se...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - African Genomic Analyses Shed Light on Human Evolutionary History with Sarah Tishkoff
Africa is thought to be the ancestral homeland of all modern human populations within the past 300,000 years. It is also a region of tremend...
CARTA: Imagining the Future of Anthropogeny - Ancient DNA and Anthropogeny with Anne Stone
The first Neandertal DNA was recovered 25 years ago, and since then, ancient DNA has provided many surprising insights into human evolutiona...