In the Journal of the National Medical Association, Charmaine Royal and colleagues identify and characterize the coping styles among adults with sickle cell disease.
New findings suggest that microRNAs in red blood cells can serve as genetic modifiers of anemia related to sickle cell disease, according to a report by Ashley Chi and colleagues in Blood.
Geoff Ginsburg is an author of a report in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute that details recommendations for research priorities, resources and infrastructure needed to advance the application of pharmacogenomics to cancer treatment.
In Brain, Behavior and Evolution, Duke undergraduate Peter Cruz-Gordillo and colleagues in Greg Wray's lab report results suggesting that there may have been a selective advantage to modulating the expression of the opioid genes in humans compared with our closest living relatives.
In The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Laura Rusche and Meleah Hickman report evidence suggesting that two related yeast proteins, Orc1 and Sir3, may have an ancient history of cooperating to generate chromatin structures.
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