Coriell Institute Biobank

In the study of human genetic disorders, samples from patients and their families are a critical resource for researchers; however, it is often a major hurdle to identify families with specific chromosome abnormalities, like Smith-Magenis Syndrome. Thus many...
Dental Pulp Stem Cell Study

Dental Pulp Stem Cell Study

Extraction of Neuronal Stem Cells from Dental Pulp for Human Neurogenetic Disease Studies Dr. Lawrence T. Reiter at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis is conducting a research study to understand defects in nerve cells grown from the dental...
Research at Baylor

Research at Baylor

Smith-Magenis Syndrome is a genetic disorder most commonly caused by a deletion of chromosome 17p11.2, and less commonly by mutations in the RAI1 gene Ongoing projects in Dr. Sarah Elsea’s lab are focused on understanding the function of...