Molecular Biosciencies

The following excerpt is from an article and podcast by Jorge Salazar, published August 12, 2014 on the TACC website:

This excerpt is from an article by Jenny Blair, published May 2, 2014 in The Alcalde: In 2004, two weeks before her wedding day, 22-year-old Sharon Belvin was diagnosed with advanced melanoma. The cancer had spread through her lungs, and …

The fact that most humans have five digits on each hand and foot is due in part to a complex developmental pathway called Hedgehog. If something goes wrong in this process during development, say a mutation in a critical gene …