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Genetic Disease
Genetic diseases are disorders stemming from mutations in an individual's DNA sequence. These conditions can be a result of mutations in a single or multiple genes. An example of a genetic disease is cystic fibrosis: an inherited, progressive disease that affects the respiratory system.
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AUG 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2016Cardiology
Diagnoses based on genetic testing results from the past ten years may be misdiagnosing some groups of people with a ser ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a new genetic mutation in a patient that presented with a prev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2016Videos
Across the globe, women are outliving men, and not by a small margin either. According to the latest report by the Cente ...AUG 17, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Just a couple of miles down the road from North Carolina State University where CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD, ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: iStockphoto A protein called IGF-1, which is found in high levels in young people, might offer a way to pr ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 16, 2016Cancer
In August of 1945, the U.S. dropped the most deadly nuclear bombs in the history of warfare on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, J ...AUG 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Michigan Technological University, publishing in the journal Organic Letters, have created a novel process ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2016Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 10, 2016Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a ...AUG 09, 2016Cardiology
One of the many methods behind improving treatment for adverse cardiovascular events include helping the heart help itse ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 09, 2016Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2016Cancer
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates among all cancer types. It’s estimated that of the 53,000 A ...AUG 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) have been inspired by Twitter, a social network that ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 08, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – August 8, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) now have a high-resoluti ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2016Cardiology
Findings from a new study made connections between increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerid ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2016Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have made a distinction between two types of congenital heart disease, one where causativ ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2016Cancer
Some people who work the graveyard shift may be compensated more in pay, but scientific evidence suggest passing up on t ...AUG 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), AKA the progressive neurodegenerative disease that inspired millions of people to ra ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r ...
AUG 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2016
Cardiology
Diagnoses based on genetic testing results from the past ten years may be misdiagnosing some groups of people with a ser
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a new genetic mutation in a patient that presented with a prev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2016
Videos
Across the globe, women are outliving men, and not by a small margin either. According to the latest report by the Cente
...
AUG 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Just a couple of miles down the road from North Carolina State University where CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: iStockphoto A protein called IGF-1, which is found in high levels in young people, might offer a way to pr
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 16, 2016
Cancer
In August of 1945, the U.S. dropped the most deadly nuclear bombs in the history of warfare on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, J
...
AUG 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a kind of protein that are important in normal metabolic processes, and also the cellular
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Michigan Technological University, publishing in the journal Organic Letters, have created a novel process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
A lot of diseases and conditions are treated with biologics or biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceuticals are inherently mor
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 10, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiovascular problems are among the top causes of death in people with sickle cell anemia, a genetic disease caused by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a
...
AUG 09, 2016
Cardiology
One of the many methods behind improving treatment for adverse cardiovascular events include helping the heart help itse
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2016
Cancer
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst mortality rates among all cancer types. It’s estimated that of the 53,000 A
...
AUG 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) have been inspired by Twitter, a social network that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – August 8, 2016 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) now have a high-resoluti
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a blog post by Carrie Wolinetz, the Associate Director for Science Policy, the NIH has announced that it is consideri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new sequencing technique that seeks to reveal important details about RNA has been developed by investigators at UCLA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2016
Cardiology
Findings from a new study made connections between increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerid
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2016
Cardiology
For the first time, scientists have made a distinction between two types of congenital heart disease, one where causativ
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2016
Cancer
Some people who work the graveyard shift may be compensated more in pay, but scientific evidence suggest passing up on t
...
AUG 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), AKA the progressive neurodegenerative disease that inspired millions of people to ra
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Gene therapy research for spinal muscular atrophy is seemingly on an onwards and upwards trajectory. In the last week, r
...