by | Mar 10, 2018 | Alvarado, David, Dobbs, Matthew, Gurnett, Christina, Haller, Gabriel
— Background: A DNA point mutation is a single nucleotide base substitution, insertion, or deletion in a gene sequence. Point mutations are responsible for several diseases including cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell disease, polycystic kidney disease, microcephaly, and Crohn’s disease. The study on …
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Goodenough, Ursula, Goodson, Carrie
— There is currently keen interest in cultivating eukaryotic algae as sources of triacylglycerides (TAGs) to be converted into diesel and jet transportation fuel. Recent studies from numerous labs have shown that when stressed by nitrogen (N)-starvation, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii produce TAGs that ca…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Galvin, James, Morris, John, Roe, Catherine
— The AD8 is an 8 question interview tool which distinguishes individuals with very mild dementia from those without dementia, regardless of etiology. The AD8 is based on intraindividual decline and has been demonstrated to be a valid and reliable screening tool for dementia.
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Li, Li, Wang, Lihong
— Optical coherence tomography (OCT) utilizes optical light to obtain an image of opaque or translucent objects, ie tissue. Because scattered light contributes to the bluring found in other optical imaging techniques, OCT filters out all the scattered light. An image is formed using only the back refl…
by | Mar 10, 2018 | Ding, Li, Koboldt, Daniel, Larson, David, McLellan, Michael, Wylie, Todd
— arScan is a Java-based, platform-independent, software tool that can detect variants in next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. It employs a robust statistical approach to call variants and is able to handle germline variants, multi-sample variants, somatic mutations and somatic copy number alterati…