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Educational Resources
A somatic cell is any cell of the body except sperm and egg cells.
… Somatic Cells … A somatic cell is any cell of the body except sperm and egg cells. … Cell, Chromosome, Diploid, Mutation, Germ Line … Somatic …
Educational Resources
A cell cycle is a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides.
… Cell Cycle … A cell cycle is a series of events that takes place in a cell as it grows and divides. … Cell Division, Basic Biology, DNA Synthesis … A cell cycle is …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2018 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the success of The Cancer Genome Atlas.
… University in Stanford, CA on July 17, 2018. … The  Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … the field of genomics.   …   After more than a decade, The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program is drawing to an end. A … only looked for the molecular differences that make one cell cancerous and one cell normal, but also compare and …
Media Availability
TCGA researchers have found that chromophobe renal cell carcinoma stems partly from gene alterations in the mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
… Steven Benowitz … Media Availability Researchers in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have made a number of new … cancer. … They found that the disease - chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC) - stems in part from alterations in …
Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders.
… Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. … Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in …
News Release
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas have discovered genomic differences in head and neck cancers caused by infection with the human papillomavirus.
… Steven Benowitz … Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have discovered genomic … genomic analyses on 279 tumors - head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) - from untreated patients. …
News Release
Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.
… complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works. A better understanding of chromatin will yield … kidney or skin cell - and the onset of disease, including cancer. But chromatin is difficult to study because its …
News Release
Learn what happens when two genetic neighborhoods merge in brain tumor cells after a gene controlled by a gene-control switch turned on a cancer-growth gene.
… and remain separate from other neighborhoods. … This Genome Advance of the Month highlights a landmark study in … switch from a different genetic neighborhood, turning on a cancer-growth gene. The research team was led by Bradley E. … in energy production, seemed to have no relevance to cancer. Dr. Bernstein and his colleagues found that when the …
News Release
Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identify novel mutations in a well-known cancer-causing pathway in lung adenocarcinoma.
… Steven Benowitz … Researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel … of another, less common, form of lung cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, was reported in 2012. In this new study, …
Educational Resources
The cell membrane, also called the plasma membrane, is found in all cells and separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment.
… Cell Membrane (Plasma Membrane) … The cell membrane, also called the plasma membrane, is found in all cells and separates the interior of the cell from the outside environment. … Plasma Membrane, …