Greehey CCRI Archives
Cancer Knowledge Network: Chemotherapy Exposure and EKG Changes: What Do They Mean?
October 5, 2017Pediatric Blood and Cancer: Electrophysiological effects of anthracyclines in adult survivors of pediatric malignancy. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital conducted a retrospective chart review of 147 survivors of childhood cancer that were now over …
Medical Xpress: Anti-RAS antibodies show poor reliability in recognizing RAS proteins
October 5, 2017Researchers from the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio co-authored a paper published Sept. 26 in Science Signaling that looks at the reliability of a common research tool to study RAS cancer mutations. RAS mutations …
CPRIT (YouTube) Dr. Peter Houghton on Childhood Cancer Research
October 4, 2017CPRIT TV: Dr. Peter Houghton on Childhood Cancer Research
October 4, 2017https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmrLITpazPI&t=1s “Dr. Peter Houghton, Director of the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, discusses CPRIT and childhood cancer research.” …
BMC Genomics: Genome-wide identification of key modulators of gene-gene interaction networks in breast cancer
October 3, 2017Yu-Chiao Chiu, Li-Ju Wang, Tzu-Hung Hsiao, Eric Y. Chuang & Yidong Chen Abstract Background With the advances in high-throughput gene profiling technologies, a large volume of gene interaction maps has been constructed. A higher-level layer of gene …
BMC Bioinformatics: XBSeq2: a fast and accurate quantification of differential expression and differential polyadenylation
October 3, 2017Yuanhang Liu, Ping Wu, Jingqi Zhou, Teresa L. Johnson-Pais, Zhao Lai, Wasim H. Chowdhury, Ronald Rodriguez & Yidong Chen Abstract Background RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is a high throughput technology that profiles gene expression in a genome-wide man …
UT Health SA Newsroom: Greehey scientists contribute to study of RAS-sensing antibodies
September 28, 2017Researchers from the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio are co-authors on a paper published Sept. 26 in Science Signaling, a high-impact journal that is part of the Science family of journals. RAS mutations are implic …
Science Signaling: Evaluation of the selectivity and sensitivity of isoform- and mutation-specific RAS antibodies
September 26, 2017Andrew M. Waters1,2, Irem Ozkan-Dagliyan3, Angelina V. Vaseva1,4, View ORCID ProfileNicole Fer2, Leslie A. Strathern2, View ORCID ProfileG. Aaron Hobbs1, View ORCID ProfileBasile Tessier-Cloutier5, View ORCID ProfileWilliam K. Gillette2, View ORCID Pro …
TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO: About 1,800 Children Die Of Cancer Every Year In The U.S.
September 25, 2017More than 15,000 children and adolescents up to 19 years old will receive a cancer diagnosis this year, according to the National Cancer Institute. After accidents, cancer is the second leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 14. Conditions most c …
SA Express-News: Childhood cancer needs more attention
September 24, 2017September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Many citizens in our community may not realize that San Antonio is home to the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute — the largest freestanding pediatric cancer research facility in Texas and one of …