Struan Grant, PhD, associate director of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Applied Genomics (CAG), co-authored a study that discovered new loci associated with body mass index (BMI) in adults of African ancestry.
Tag Archive: Genes
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Dec 06 2012
CHOP Researchers Identify Two Gene Mutations Linked to Neuroblastoma
For decades, researchers at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have worked to better understand and treat neuroblastoma, a cancer of nerve tissue.Neuroblastoma is frequently aggressive, causing approximately 12 percent of all childhood cancer deaths. In high-risk forms of the disease, the cancer tends to return after initial treatment, often with deadly results. Using powerful gene-analysis …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.research.chop.edu/blog/chop-researchers-identify-two-gene-mutations-linked-to-neuroblastoma/
Dec 05 2012
Genes Linked to Low Birth Weight, Diabetes Risk
Genes provide tremendous information about how our bodies work and our possible predisposition for a variety of diseases and conditions. Researchers are working to discern what specific genes and gene regions play a role in disease. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia played a major role in a recent international genetics study that found four new …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.research.chop.edu/blog/genes-linked-to-low-birth-weight-diabetes-risk/
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