{"id":31656,"date":"2008-02-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/02\/14\/unmc-research-chief-talks-about-his-own-work\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T06:00:00","slug":"unmc-research-chief-talks-about-his-own-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/02\/14\/unmc-research-chief-talks-about-his-own-work\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC research chief talks about his own work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Tom Rosenquist, Ph.D., UNMC vice chancellor for research, heads a $5.6 million program project grant composed of three teams of scientists that look into how genes interact with certain drugs, environmental exposures and vitamin deficiencies to cause abnormal heart development. <\/p>\n<p>The five-year grant is the first National Institutes of Health-funded grant to test a unifying hypothesis for this type of gene\/environment interaction.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple advances in the research of congenital heart defects have been born out of the team&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the images below to view Dr. Rosenquist commenting on his team&#8217;s research. <\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><B>Dr. Rosenquist discusses the need for research in congenital heart defects, which affect one percent of births and are the most common cause of infant deaths.<\/B><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><B>Dr. Rosenquist&#8217;s research team is a pioneer in the emerging field of gene-environment interaction. They are studying how a person&#8217;s specific genetic makeup interacts with the environment both positively and negatively to cause or prevent congenital defects.<\/B><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><B>Dr. Rosenquist discusses research that explains why some heart defects occur even when folic acid levels are high. 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