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Position Description: The Jawaheer Lab at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is looking for a highly motivated and creative postdoctoral fellow to study gene expression before, during and after pregnancy among healthy women and women with rheumatoid arthritis ...
Read More »Researchers use single-cell RNA-Seq to dissect the cellular heterogeneity of the human placenta
The human placenta is a dynamic and heterogeneous organ critical in the establishment of the fetomaternal interface and the maintenance of gestational well-being. It is also the major source of cell-free fetal nucleic acids in the maternal circulation. Placental dysfunction ...
Read More »Type I interferons (IFNs) may play a role in the natural improvement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during pregnancy, RNA-Seq study suggests
Specialty Pharmacy Times – by Lauren Santye – Type I interferons (IFNs) may play a role in the natural improvement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during pregnancy, new findings suggest. In the United States, an estimated 1.5 million individuals are living with RA. Many ...
Read More »Male Seahorses – the first RNA sequencing study across the full course of pregnancy in any animal
Male seahorse and human pregnancies remarkably alike Male seahorses nurture, feed and protect their unborn. Their pregnancies are carried by the males but, when it comes to breeding, seahorses have more in common with humans than previously thought, new research ...
Read More »Quake Team Publishes Results of Circulating RNA-Seq Experiments in Pregnant Women
from GenomeWeb NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Using sequencing to profile circulating RNA in maternal blood shows promise as a tool for monitoring pregnancy and fetal development, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
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