Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging—Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have discovered a new function of the DNA repair protein ATR in regulating mitochondrial homeostasis. This discovery ...

This discovery makes a significant contribution to understanding the etiology of Genomic Instability Diseases, such as Seckel Syndrome. The study, entitled "DNA damage response regulator ATR ...

A landmark review in Nature Reviews Genetics dissects the rare and common genetic variants that shape human height. The paper explains how monogenic and polygenic factors converge on key growth ...

Walter Seckel, age 93, of Galion passed away Sunday March 30, 2025 at Mill Creek Nursing and Rehab. Born May 1, 1931 in Ft. Wayne, IN, he was the son of the late Wallace and Inez (Cochran) Seckel. He ...

Congratulations to Steven Lewis, PhD student in Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, who virutally attended the Experimental Biology 2020 in April 2020 and presented a poster titled "Seckel Syndrome and ...

What is Imposter Syndrome, and How Can Schools Address It? Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon whereby high-achieving students, despite evidence of their success, feel like they don’t ...

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a neurological condition caused by a long-term deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine). It involves two brain disorders that often occur together: Wernicke encephalopathy ...

ADHD and Tourette's syndrome are two separate conditions, but they have a few things in common. They often start around the same age, and in some cases children can have both conditions.