Study finds cancer mutations accumulate in distinct regions based on structure of genome and mutational causes

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has discovered that mutations found in cancers do not accumulate randomly, but are found in distinct patterns that vary based on the three-dimensional organization of the genome in the cell as well as the underlying factors causing the mutations. Mutations caused by external factors, such as ultraviolet light or tobacco smoke, led to mutations in different regions than internal factors, such...

Houston Methodist welcomes primary care doctors, Monique Au, M.D., and Pamela M. Ayala, M.D., to Sugar Land

Houston Methodist Primary Care Group is pleased to welcome Monique Au, M.D., and Pamela M. Ayala, M.D., who will be serving patients in Fort Bend County. Au is a board-certified family medicine physician providing acute and chronic care to patients of all ages. Au graduated from Texas A&M College of Medicine in Bryan, Texas and completed her family medicine residency at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Round Rock, Texas. Au is committed to...

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