Accomplishments - July, 2024
Photographs by Julia Rendleman, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Advertising, were part of “Big River: Can the Mississippi build America again?” a July 4 special report in POLITICO.
“Our Current Understanding of the Biological Impact of Endometrial Cancer mtDNA Genome Mutations and Their Potential Use as a Biomarker,” by Matthew Young, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), SIU School of Medicine-Carbondale, was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Oncology. Young and Dr. Laurent Brard, professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SIU School of Medicine-Springfield, are leading a team studying the effects of endometrial cancer mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome mutations. The Young lab Carbondale team members also include Pabitra Khadka, graduate assistant, and Carolyn Young, researcher. The team examined 279 tumor-specific mtDNA mutations from 111 individuals and their potential use as a blood-based biomarker.
