A portion of noncoding RNA may play an essential role in protecting the integrity of the genome
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By Justin P. Hicks | jhicks3@mlive.com Vaccines to protect against severe illness and death from COVID-19 started as the key to a return to normal, but they could wind up unlocking much more for the future of health care. The mRNA vaccine technology used by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna for their respective coronavirus vaccines has been heavily…
An interview with Peter Todd, M.D, Ph.D., Neurology, Medical School, University of Michigan (U-M), and member of the Executive Committee of the U-M Center for RNA Biomedicine Dr. Todd will serve as co-director of a Fragile X Center without walls with investigators at U-M, Baylor College of Medicine, and Emory University. This Fragile X Center…
Center for RNA Biomedicine Faculty and Executive Committee Member Stephen C.J. Parker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, Human Genetics, and Biostatistics, just released new findings from a recent study on type 2 diabetes regulatory networks co-led by teams from the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University. Type 2 diabetes results from a dysfunction of…
RNA is a leading-edge field of biomedical research that is quickly expanding at many public research and academic institutions in the US and Canada. The complexity of this research requires collaborations between scientists across disciplines and specialties, establishing communities of RNA scientists within each of these institutions. When the COVID pandemic required to postpone all…
Read the Live Blog Advancing Basic RNA Biosciences into Medicine Friday, March 30, 2018 8:30am – 4:00pm University of Michigan, Biomedical Research Science Building, 109 Zina Pitcher The Center for RNA Biomedicine Symposium brings together national leaders of the scientific, medical and engineering communities working on recent advances of our understanding of RNA. It will…
A Ph.D. dissertation is a huge accomplishment, resulting from four, five or more years of intense research and training. To become a Ph.D. is a remarkable challenge both scientifically and intellectually that requires a deep personal and emotional commitment. A doctoral defense is not only the culmination of years of hard work, but it also…