PRECISION MEDICINE USING WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING IDENTIFIES A NOVEL DYSTROPHIN (DMD) VARIANT FOR X‐LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY IN A CAT

Precision medicine using whole genome sequencing identifies a novel dystrophin (DMD) variant for X‐linked muscular dystrophy in a cat

Abstract Background Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a large, heterogeneous group of degenerative muscle diseases.X‐linked dystrophin‐deficient MD in cats is the first genetically characterized cat model for a human disease and a few novel forms have been identified.Hypothesis/Objectives Muscular dystrophy was suspected in a young male domestic s

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To Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age

During the second half of the nineteenth century, commissioning and collecting art became an essential feature of displaying power.This article thus looks at the American Cleaning art market as a lens to study the changing dynamics between the newly affluent businessmen and politicians.Considering both the aesthetic and economic aspects of buying a

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