Living with a rare disease: Rare Disease Day 2015
Paying tribute to the millions of families whose daily lives are impacted, and who are living day-by-day, hand-in-hand with rare disease patients.
Sam Rose
Journal Development Manager at BioMed Central
Sam studied Biomedical Sciences at the University of Manchester, and is responsible for the development of BioMed Central's genetics journal portfolio.
Latest posts by Sam Rose (see all)
- Raising funds for genetic diseases - 23rd September 2016
- The Epigenetics and Chromatin Clinic - 9th November 2015
- Resurrecting one of the oldest genetics journals - 23rd October 2015
Pubic hair microbes as a forensic tool
After watching CSI, and with forensic science being more advanced than ever, it’s easy to presume that criminals leave DNA traces everywhere that can help to… Read more »
Making sense of methylation and methodology
New research published today in Clinical Epigenetics questions the methods used in some studies for assessing DNA methylation in cancer, calling for the use… Read more »
Malignant pleural mesothelioma as an epigenetic disease
Written by Dr Anne-Marie Baird, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) arises in the pleural cavity in the lungs,… Read more »
The epigenetic basis of immune function
Written by Professor Lucia Altucci, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli European teams discovered unprecedented news on the epigenetic control on the… Read more »
Females dominate throughout history
Not only do our genes hold information about us, they can also tell us a great deal about the history of our species. This includes details about ancient… Read more »
Jeans for Genes Day: putting the spotlight on genetic diseases
While not all rare diseases are genetic, individual genetic disorders are rare. But despite individual genetic disorders being rare, collectively they affect 1… Read more »
Overcoming tumour resistance to treatments with epi-based approaches
Written by Professor Lucia Altucci, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli A main strategy of the drug discovery field is to define novel therapeutic… Read more »
Improving lung cancer screening using epigenetic markers
Written by Dr Anne-Marie Baird, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Lung cancer is responsible for more cancer-related deaths worldwide than any… Read more »
A golden jubilee for histone acetylation
Written by Professor Bryan Turner, University of Birmingham, UK The May 1964 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, contained a paper… Read more »