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Complex Disease
Caused by genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, complex diseases such as asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension, manic depression, schizophrenia, and others, are often difficult to treat. Disorders that are commonly referenced as "running in the family" can be classified as complex diseases.
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APR 15, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many conditions that are associated with aging, including stroke and dementia. But genetics, environmental con ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell. These crucial, energy generating organelles even have their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master reg ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Almost four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still learning about the consequences of infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Some missense mutations are known to cause disease. But what about the thousands of other missense mutations that have u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Can a kind of genetic favoritism explain why some people carry disease-causing mutations, but do not have a disease?Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Many human traits are influenced by multiple genes. Human genes can also carry slight variations in their sequences, whi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Technology
A new study published by researchers at the University of Arkansas further highlights the complexities of artificial int ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAR 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
While it's normal to be a little anxious about stressful life events or problems, anxiety can also start to interfer ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2024Health & Medicine
Gone are the days when therapies for medical conditions were based solely on statistical data of the broad population, l ...Sponsored By: ESSERT RoboticsMAR 05, 2024Neuroscience
Can we map the brain to show its behavior patterns when a patient is healthy and sick? This is what a recent study publi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract can influence our health in many ways. Researchers are starting to learn more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
eEF1A's surprising tumor-suppressive role in breast cancer, offering a new upstream targetWritten By: Amielle MorenoFEB 28, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people know of the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell, and this special organelle is unique in many ways. M ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The ability to predict a person's risk of certain disease with genetics is often overstated, but in some cases it can be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In the genome, genes that code for protein are often divided into sections called exons, which are separated by spacers ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Millions of people have autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis but it's estim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Introduction Clinical medicine aims to develop novel treatments to fight disease and as a result, must constantly ...JAN 23, 2024Neuroscience
Insights into how psychological stress disrupts intestinal stem cell function.Written By: Amielle Moreno
APR 15, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many conditions that are associated with aging, including stroke and dementia. But genetics, environmental con
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria are well known as the powerhouses of the cell. These crucial, energy generating organelles even have their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master reg
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Almost four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are still learning about the consequences of infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Some missense mutations are known to cause disease. But what about the thousands of other missense mutations that have u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Can a kind of genetic favoritism explain why some people carry disease-causing mutations, but do not have a disease?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Many human traits are influenced by multiple genes. Human genes can also carry slight variations in their sequences, whi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Technology
A new study published by researchers at the University of Arkansas further highlights the complexities of artificial int
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAR 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
While it's normal to be a little anxious about stressful life events or problems, anxiety can also start to interfer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2024
Health & Medicine
Gone are the days when therapies for medical conditions were based solely on statistical data of the broad population, l
...
Sponsored By:
ESSERT Robotics
MAR 05, 2024
Neuroscience
Can we map the brain to show its behavior patterns when a patient is healthy and sick? This is what a recent study publi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract can influence our health in many ways. Researchers are starting to learn more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
eEF1A's surprising tumor-suppressive role in breast cancer, offering a new upstream target
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 28, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people know of the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell, and this special organelle is unique in many ways. M
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The ability to predict a person's risk of certain disease with genetics is often overstated, but in some cases it can be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In the genome, genes that code for protein are often divided into sections called exons, which are separated by spacers
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Millions of people have autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis but it's estim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Introduction Clinical medicine aims to develop novel treatments to fight disease and as a result, must constantly
...
JAN 23, 2024
Neuroscience
Insights into how psychological stress disrupts intestinal stem cell function.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno