A faulty gene, rather than a faulty diet, may explain why some people gain excessive weight even when they don't eat more than others, UT Southwestern researchers at the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense have discovered.
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7:30 p.m. | March 26 | Alamo Drafthouse LaCenterra | Tickets: $12
11 a.m. to 9 p.m. | March 27-28 | Independence Park | Tickets: $10
Bud Light and Outlaw Nation present the 2021 Pearland Houston Music & Arts Festival featuring live music, concerts, a classic car show, and dozens of attractions. The Taste of Texas Food Garden will also be on hand featuring delicious cuisine and cold domestic and craft beers. When the work is outside, there s sun and wind and the unpredictable happens, so it s like you re creating this moment it time, Hayes said of her landscape art installationsRachel Hayes
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DALLAS - Dec. 22, 2020 - UT Southwestern scientists have adapted a classic research technique called forward genetics to identify new genes involved in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a study published this week in
eLife, the researchers used this approach in mice to find one such gene called KDM5A.
Approximately 1 in 54 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with ASD, a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes disrupted communication, difficulties with social skills, and repetitive behaviors. As a disease with a strong genetic component, it is hypothesized that thousands of genetic mutations may contribute to ASD. But to date, only about 30 percent of cases can be explained by known genetic mutations.