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Clinical Genetics
Clinical Genetics is a diagnostic service and "genetic counseling" for individuals or families with conditions which may have a genetic basis.
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MAY 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded sequence in the huntingtin gene.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Cancer can occur for many reasons and is influenced by many different factors, including genes and the environment. But ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2020Immunology
The immune landscape is staggeringly complex, with a myriad of genetically and functionally distinct immune cell subpopu ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 25, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In a major breakthrough, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for a genetic disorder called neurofi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Myriad organisms share this planet, and there is an ongoing evolutionary arms race between competing traits or species, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have tested a stem cell treatment method that av ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaMAY 14, 2020Immunology
Antibodies are a powerful countermeasure against COVID-19. Not only can they relieve symptoms in patients experiencing s ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 13, 2020Cancer
Research published in the International Journal of Health Geographics aims to explain the role that geography plays in p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 12, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new research study suggest that a spike in infections such as influenza could be linked to the risk of de ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 12, 2020Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 10, 2020Microbiology
Hepatitis is a term for liver inflammation. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E are caused by viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Our blood carries many types of critical cells, including platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, which are m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely, and a lack of testing has been a serious problem.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2020Immunology
Scientists aren’t exactly sure what causes type 1 diabetes, although genetics and environmental factors are presum ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Samples obtained from patients from all over the world have been used to sequence the genomes of the viral strains infec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2020Cardiology
Familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is an inherited genetic mutation in how the body recycles LDL cholesterol (bad cho ...Written By: Lawrence RennaMAY 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2020Immunology
Nerve cells transmit and receive information traversing the human body in the form of electrical impulses. These ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 26, 2020Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Queen Mary University in London have discovered a specific autoimmune protein that may cause OCD-relate ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 23, 2020Cancer
Doctors who have patients in small-sized clinical trials that test new cancer drugs should be on the look-out for unexpe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2020Cancer
A new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2020Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded sequence in the huntingtin gene.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer can occur for many reasons and is influenced by many different factors, including genes and the environment. But
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2020
Immunology
The immune landscape is staggeringly complex, with a myriad of genetically and functionally distinct immune cell subpopu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 25, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In a major breakthrough, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment for a genetic disorder called neurofi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Myriad organisms share this planet, and there is an ongoing evolutionary arms race between competing traits or species,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers at McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have tested a stem cell treatment method that av
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAY 14, 2020
Immunology
Antibodies are a powerful countermeasure against COVID-19. Not only can they relieve symptoms in patients experiencing s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 13, 2020
Cancer
Research published in the International Journal of Health Geographics aims to explain the role that geography plays in p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 12, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Results from a new research study suggest that a spike in infections such as influenza could be linked to the risk of de
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 12, 2020
Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 10, 2020
Microbiology
Hepatitis is a term for liver inflammation. Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E are caused by viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Our blood carries many types of critical cells, including platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells, which are m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread widely, and a lack of testing has been a serious problem.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2020
Immunology
Scientists aren’t exactly sure what causes type 1 diabetes, although genetics and environmental factors are presum
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Samples obtained from patients from all over the world have been used to sequence the genomes of the viral strains infec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Cardiology
Familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, is an inherited genetic mutation in how the body recycles LDL cholesterol (bad cho
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
MAY 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2020
Immunology
Nerve cells transmit and receive information traversing the human body in the form of electrical impulses. These
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 26, 2020
Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Queen Mary University in London have discovered a specific autoimmune protein that may cause OCD-relate
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 23, 2020
Cancer
Doctors who have patients in small-sized clinical trials that test new cancer drugs should be on the look-out for unexpe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2020
Cancer
A new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch