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Genetic variant
Genetic variants define a gene that has encountered a permanent change in its DNA sequence. Some, but not all, genetic variants result in a disease. Genetic variants can be inherited or can develop overtime.
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SEP 05, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Microglia work to repair neuronal damage and maintain the health of neural networks. But variants in one gene can affect ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the sequence of one particular gene can dramatically increase a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Chronic pain can ruin a person’s quality of life, and treating chronic pain is extremely challenging because many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In genome wide association studies, researchers look for small variations in the sequences of human genes that are conne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Microglia work to repair neuronal damage and maintain the health of neural networks. But variants in one gene can affect
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the sequence of one particular gene can dramatically increase a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Chronic pain can ruin a person’s quality of life, and treating chronic pain is extremely challenging because many
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In genome wide association studies, researchers look for small variations in the sequences of human genes that are conne
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are thought to have walked out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and they kept going until they reached e
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Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics
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Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have
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Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
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JAN 16, 2024 | 8:00 AM
The clinical interpretation of genetic testing results remains one of the most significant hurdles in effectively applying genomics in modern medicine. Errors in variant interpretation, whet...NOV 30, 2023 | 12:00 PMC.E. CREDITS
Pathology Perspective: Discover the critical need for genomic testing in cancer and explore the differences between traditional tissue biopsies and liquid genomic profiling. We'll dive i...Speaker: Dr. Shuko Harada , Dr. Aakash Desai, MBBS, MPHPresented at: Precision Medicine in Solid Tumors
NOV 16, 2023 | 10:00 AM
Across various stages of the clinical oncology workflow, from panel design to genomic testing and molecular tumor boards, the identification and validation of actionable genomic alterations...
NOV 14, 2023 | 8:00 AM
RNA-Seq remains a critical and robust methodology in understanding cellular and organismal changes associated with development and disease. Advances in automation have helped reduce the cost...
OCT 31, 2023 | 9:00 AM
Gene therapy holds potential for treating neurological diseases by delivering genetic information into specific cell types. However, selective and efficient targeting of cell types remains c...
JAN 16, 2024 | 8:00 AM
The clinical interpretation of genetic testing results remains one of the most significant hurdles in effectively applying genomics in modern medicine. Errors in variant interpretation, whet...
NOV 30, 2023 | 12:00 PM
C.E. CREDITS
Pathology Perspective: Discover the critical need for genomic testing in cancer and explore the differences between traditional tissue biopsies and liquid genomic profiling. We'll dive i...
Speaker:
Dr. Shuko Harada
, Dr. Aakash Desai, MBBS, MPH
Presented at: Precision Medicine in Solid Tumors
NOV 16, 2023 | 10:00 AM
Across various stages of the clinical oncology workflow, from panel design to genomic testing and molecular tumor boards, the identification and validation of actionable genomic alterations...
NOV 14, 2023 | 8:00 AM
RNA-Seq remains a critical and robust methodology in understanding cellular and organismal changes associated with development and disease. Advances in automation have helped reduce the cost...
OCT 31, 2023 | 9:00 AM
Gene therapy holds potential for treating neurological diseases by delivering genetic information into specific cell types. However, selective and efficient targeting of cell types remains c...
OCT 30, 2023 | 8:00 PM
Description: Join this two-part webinar to learn how capillary electrophoresis (CE) complements sequencing technologies, such as next generation sequencing, that are being used by cancer res...
OCT 26, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Description: Join this two-part webinar to learn when capillary electrophoresis is an ideal choice relative to other various sequencing technologies – such as next generation sequencin...
OCT 24, 2023 | 9:00 AM
DNA comprises molecular information stored in genetic and epigenetic bases, both of which are vital to our understanding of biology in health and disease. The interaction of genetics with th...
SEP 07, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Advancements in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) are changing the genomics industry, favoring those with scale. Quest Diagnostics' clinical expertise, combined with our infrastructure, p...
Speaker:
Ryan Serra, BSc. and Ph.D.
, Matthew Gallen, MPH
, Sameer Vasantgadkar
Sponsored By: Covaris, Inc.
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MAR 20, 2024 | 8:30 PM PDT
The premier event in NGS education is now available on demand. Since 2020, OncomineWorld meetings have brought together thousands of scientists and professionals from around the world each y...SEP 12, 2023 | 8:00 AM PDT
Tandem Mass Tags (TMT) have revolutionized the field of mass spectrometry by enabling simultaneous identification and quantification of protein expression from multiple samples in a single L...MAR 30, 2023 | 12:00 AM PDT
Don’t miss the premier event in NGS education. Since 2020, OncomineWorld meetings have brought together thousands of scientists and professionals from around the world each year to adv...JAN 31, 2023 | 8:00 AM PST
Empowering Multiplexing Innovation Luminex’s xMAP® Technology enables the evaluation of up to 500 analytes simultaneously in a single well, known as multiplexing. xMAP Technology u...JAN 23 - 26, 2023
At Bionano, we're on a mission to transform the way the world sees the genome. Our genome mapping systems provide sensitive, unbiased, genome-wide structural variant detection, and our genomi...
MAR 20, 2024
| 8:30 PM PDT
The premier event in NGS education is now available on demand. Since 2020, OncomineWorld meetings have brought together thousands of scientists and professionals from around the world each y...
SEP 12, 2023
| 8:00 AM PDT
Tandem Mass Tags (TMT) have revolutionized the field of mass spectrometry by enabling simultaneous identification and quantification of protein expression from multiple samples in a single L...
MAR 30, 2023
| 12:00 AM PDT
Don’t miss the premier event in NGS education. Since 2020, OncomineWorld meetings have brought together thousands of scientists and professionals from around the world each year to adv...
JAN 31, 2023
| 8:00 AM PST
Empowering Multiplexing Innovation Luminex’s xMAP® Technology enables the evaluation of up to 500 analytes simultaneously in a single well, known as multiplexing. xMAP Technology u...
JAN 23 - 26, 2023
At Bionano, we're on a mission to transform the way the world sees the genome. Our genome mapping systems provide sensitive, unbiased, genome-wide structural variant detection, and our genomi...
OCT 19, 2022
| 5:30 AM PDT
Labroots announces the 2022 Coronavirus Virtual Event Series. A novel coronavirus emerged in China in 2019; it has since been dubbed COVID-19....
JUN 22, 2022
| 3:00 AM PDT
Please join us for Ion World 2022, a virtual conference that will provide an opportunity to hear from scientists around the world, on how they are advancing research in a broad range of appl...
Each year, the OncomineWorld virtual NGS education meeting brings together thousands of scientists and professionals who are dedicated to the advancement...
Cystic fibrosis carrier screening can be challenging for laboratories. Even though screening is recommended for all ethnicities......