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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

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Kathryn E Wellen, PhD – Outstanding Achievement in Basic Cancer Research Wellen is an investigator at the Penn Epigenetics Institute and Vice Chair and Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Mak’s award lecture will be held on Sunday April 16 at 12pm ET.

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Making Eggs Without Ovaries

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During this process, the cells’ genomes ditch their methyl groups, an important epigenetic mark. Erasing methyl groups on DNA is necessary for normal egg and sperm development. In 2018, Saitou’s team reported the first method to coax human PGC-like cells into the oogonia stage.

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Precision Medicine in the Genomic Era

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In contrast, non-coding mutations have effects on gene expression, transcript stability, and the physical state of the DNA itself (e.g., 14 As an unbiased method for genetic variant detection, GWAS holds the promise of identifying new genes and gene regulation mechanisms underlying a variety of conditions, including complex diseases.

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2009). Link The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 , by Meng F. & Link Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics , by Lienert F. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2014). Artificial Life (2018).

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The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology

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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2009). Link The second decade of synthetic biology: 2010–2020 , by Meng F. & Link Synthetic biology in mammalian cells: next generation research tools and therapeutics , by Lienert F. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2014). Artificial Life (2018).

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