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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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JAN 20, 2016Immunology
The whole family ate the same seafood last night, yet only two out of the six got sick. What gives? In a new stud ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When cells die, their genetic contents are released into bodily fluids through a process known as autolysis. In the rece ...JAN 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School identified a new mechanism that mammals use ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 15, 2016Genetics & Genomics
With new results from whole genome sequencing, scientists have identified a cause for a rare genetic disorder known to c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres ...JAN 14, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 14, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease is highly prevalent, accounting for over 7 million new cases every year. While there’s n ...JAN 10, 2016Immunology
Filling up on processed foods is usually easier than planning and cooking a healthy meal, but a new study shows that tak ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mouse models are essential to medicine and research, as they allow researchers to explore many biological processes that ...JAN 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Diabetes and translational medicine research received a huge breakthrough yesterday, as scientists announced that they c ...JAN 05, 2016Genetics & Genomics
There’s no rest for the weary, and that includes researchers looking for a definitive cure and treatment plan for ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 03, 2016Health & Medicine
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Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 31, 2015Health & Medicine
Our genes make us. They decide our height, the sound of our voice, and even how athletic we are. We’ll alwa ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 26, 2015Cardiology
Growth of heart tissue is beneficial when the human body is young and growing. Heart expansion that occurs once the hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2015Cardiology
Manipulating the activity of the gut microbiome has been linked to reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease like str ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope ...DEC 10, 2015Immunology
The NEK7 enzyme has been completely characterized for its role in innate immunity, however until this discovery was made ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...DEC 09, 2015Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2015Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 03, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a group of 150 different types of related viruses which are known to cause warts, also ca ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar ...Written By: Kara Marker
JAN 20, 2016
Immunology
The whole family ate the same seafood last night, yet only two out of the six got sick. What gives? In a new stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When cells die, their genetic contents are released into bodily fluids through a process known as autolysis. In the rece
...
JAN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School identified a new mechanism that mammals use
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 15, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
With new results from whole genome sequencing, scientists have identified a cause for a rare genetic disorder known to c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres
...
JAN 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 14, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Alzheimer’s disease is highly prevalent, accounting for over 7 million new cases every year. While there’s n
...
JAN 10, 2016
Immunology
Filling up on processed foods is usually easier than planning and cooking a healthy meal, but a new study shows that tak
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mouse models are essential to medicine and research, as they allow researchers to explore many biological processes that
...
JAN 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diabetes and translational medicine research received a huge breakthrough yesterday, as scientists announced that they c
...
JAN 05, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
There’s no rest for the weary, and that includes researchers looking for a definitive cure and treatment plan for
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 03, 2016
Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 31, 2015
Health & Medicine
Our genes make us. They decide our height, the sound of our voice, and even how athletic we are. We’ll alwa
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 26, 2015
Cardiology
Growth of heart tissue is beneficial when the human body is young and growing. Heart expansion that occurs once the hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2015
Cardiology
Manipulating the activity of the gut microbiome has been linked to reducing the risk for cardiovascular disease like str
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope
...
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
The NEK7 enzyme has been completely characterized for its role in innate immunity, however until this discovery was made
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
DEC 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 03, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is a group of 150 different types of related viruses which are known to cause warts, also ca
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker