MSI Research Spotlights

Hurler syndrome, a genetic brain disorder also known as mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I), causes severe cognitive and physical abnormalities and early death.

Researchers investigating diet and weight use food records in which the research subjects input the food they eat.

New long-read sequencing technologies and bioinformatics pipelines have been developed that provide scientists with tools to more efficiently map and analyze genomes.New long-read sequencing technologies and bioinformatics pipelines have been developed that provide scientists with tools to more efficiently map and analyze genomes.

The public health response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus is continually challenged by the evolution of new variants.

The Nutrient Network (https://nutnet.org/), aka NutNet, is a global collaborative research group studying two of the most important effects of humans on grassland ecosystems: alteration of herbivore (i.e., grazing animal) density and increased supply of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

NK (natural killer) cells are a type of white blood cell.

Tropical peatlands are a large natural source of atmospheric methane (CH4), which is a powerful greenhouse gas.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease affecting deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose.

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are a major pollutant caused by combustion.

Human bones continue to grow and be remodeled throughout a person’s life.

Young animals under stress from temperature extremes tend not to grow and develop as well as they should.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic variants associated with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).