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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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JUN 23, 2018Videos
Researchers at Mass General have recently learned more about genetic factors that are contributing to a person's risk of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2018Cardiology
Scientists are developing technology to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart disease via gene editing, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 21, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A unique series of genes could tell doctors that a person will develop a tuberculosis (TB) infection months before sympt ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2018Cardiology
Autopsies aren’t as common as they used to be, but scientists may have a reason for a comeback. A new series of st ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 18, 2018Immunology
Unique gene signatures and tiny changes in the immune system that occur in the earliest stages of rheumatoid arthritis, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
New technology combing therapeutic agents and diagnostics (theranostics) can be used to deliver drugs to cancer cells. F ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2018Videos
All parents want a healthy baby, and for some people that carry genetic mutations, the decision to have children present ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2018Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Hailed as a revolutionary technique that had many potential applications, two new studies show that we should proceed wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Research at the University of California is examining the effect of hallucinogenic drugs on the brain and how this resea ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 13, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
For many individuals with asthma, a tiny particle almost invisible can trigger an asthmatic attack if it enters the airw ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 12, 2018Immunology
No case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, is the same. Now, researchers want RA diagnostic approaches ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 11, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing mild-to-moderate asthma can be difficult to diagnose, especially when scientists need to rule out other respi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2018Microbiology
For decades, people have relied on antibiotics to treat microbial infections, but that is changing.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 08, 2018Cardiology
Part of the immune system has now been implicated in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 07, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Premature birth affects almost ten percent of pregnancies and is the leading cause of infant mortality in the US.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2018Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 05, 2018Cancer
The NCI-MATCH Phase II Clinical Trial is evaluating results of cancer treatments administered based on genetic profiles ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 05, 2018Technology
MIT Smart Bacteria Sensor Hunts for Stomach BleedingWritten By: Julia TraversJUN 02, 2018Immunology
Based on several different factors, scientists have a new risk index for predicting who will develop lupus. From the Fei ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that deadly kidney cancers can be identified by assessing their evolutionary path, which is diffe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2018Cancer
Obesity, and the factors that lead up the state of being obese, contribute to physiological function; the literature sup ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 29, 2018Microbiology
Abdominal fat is a major risk factor for disease. New work could help find those at risk for increased belly fat, and he ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2018
Videos
Researchers at Mass General have recently learned more about genetic factors that are contributing to a person's risk of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists are developing technology to predict an individual’s risk of developing heart disease via gene editing,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 21, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A unique series of genes could tell doctors that a person will develop a tuberculosis (TB) infection months before sympt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In a recent study, scientists sequenced the genome to find the mutation behind a disorder that causes blindness and para
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2018
Cardiology
Autopsies aren’t as common as they used to be, but scientists may have a reason for a comeback. A new series of st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 18, 2018
Immunology
Unique gene signatures and tiny changes in the immune system that occur in the earliest stages of rheumatoid arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
New technology combing therapeutic agents and diagnostics (theranostics) can be used to deliver drugs to cancer cells. F
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2018
Videos
All parents want a healthy baby, and for some people that carry genetic mutations, the decision to have children present
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2018
Microbiology
Worldwide, bacteria that causes fast-spreading cholera kills anywhere from 21,000 to 143,000 people every year.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Hailed as a revolutionary technique that had many potential applications, two new studies show that we should proceed wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Research at the University of California is examining the effect of hallucinogenic drugs on the brain and how this resea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 13, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
For many individuals with asthma, a tiny particle almost invisible can trigger an asthmatic attack if it enters the airw
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 12, 2018
Immunology
No case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease, is the same. Now, researchers want RA diagnostic approaches
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 11, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing mild-to-moderate asthma can be difficult to diagnose, especially when scientists need to rule out other respi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2018
Microbiology
For decades, people have relied on antibiotics to treat microbial infections, but that is changing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2018
Cardiology
Part of the immune system has now been implicated in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 07, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Premature birth affects almost ten percent of pregnancies and is the leading cause of infant mortality in the US.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
The NCI-MATCH Phase II Clinical Trial is evaluating results of cancer treatments administered based on genetic profiles
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 05, 2018
Technology
MIT Smart Bacteria Sensor Hunts for Stomach Bleeding
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 02, 2018
Immunology
Based on several different factors, scientists have a new risk index for predicting who will develop lupus. From the Fei
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that deadly kidney cancers can be identified by assessing their evolutionary path, which is diffe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2018
Cancer
Obesity, and the factors that lead up the state of being obese, contribute to physiological function; the literature sup
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 29, 2018
Microbiology
Abdominal fat is a major risk factor for disease. New work could help find those at risk for increased belly fat, and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch