Baylor College of Medicine Receives NIH Funding to Study Somatic Mosaicism
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, May 12 (TNSres) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news:
Somatic mosaicism occurs when somatic cells, or the body's non-reproductive cells, are genetically different from one another. Although somatic mosaicism can occur in all tissues and is known to lead to cancer, the extent of somatic mosaicism in human genomes and its full impact on human health is unknown.
As part of a new National Institutes of Health Common Fund program called . . .
Somatic mosaicism occurs when somatic cells, or the body's non-reproductive cells, are genetically different from one another. Although somatic mosaicism can occur in all tissues and is known to lead to cancer, the extent of somatic mosaicism in human genomes and its full impact on human health is unknown.
As part of a new National Institutes of Health Common Fund program called . . .