Mark Hester

Oct 23, 2023 | nature.com | Adithe C. Rivaldi |Noriyuki Shinagawa |Sahib Sran |Mark Hester |Mohammad Marhabaie |Manish Shah | +4 more

AbstractSomatic mosaicism is a known cause of neurological disorders, including developmental brain malformations and epilepsy. Brain mosaicism is traditionally attributed to post-zygotic genetic alterations arising in fetal development. Here we describe post-zygotic rescue of meiotic errors as an alternate origin of brain mosaicism in patients with focal epilepsy who have mosaic chromosome 1q copy number gains.

Apr 27, 2023 | theoregonway.substack.com | Mark Hester

The headline looked like clickbait when I saw it on social media: College graduates expect to earn $50,000 more than they’ll actually make. This time the sensational claim wasn’t clickbait; it was true – or close to it. The story was based on a 2022 survey of college students asking what they expected to make. The average answer: $103,800. The average annual pay for graduates in their first job: $55,000.