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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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JUN 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, 2018Microbiology
Microbes can pick up new pieces of genetic material; now it's been captured in action for the first time.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins in our blood carry out many critical functions, and can become disrupted in disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 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 06, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that RSC plays an important role in chromosome distribution.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2018Immunology
For a long time scientists have been trying to understand why females are more likely than males to develop autoimmune d ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 05, 2018Cancer
So often the phrases "Precision Medicine" and "Personalized Medicine" are used interchangeably. Are they really synonym ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 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, 2018Videos
Sometimes in those rough moments when life just hits you with some growing pains, it's good to reme ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 05, 2018Technology
MIT Smart Bacteria Sensor Hunts for Stomach BleedingWritten By: Julia TraversJUN 04, 2018Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new s ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 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 MarkerJUN 01, 2018Immunology
The unique activity of estrogen hormones and their cell receptors in the female body may explain why women are more like ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2018Health & Medicine
Babies and young children need to be kept safe by the adults in their lives, however keeping them in a germ-free environ ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
While investigating how the human brain evolved, scientists found a region of the genome about which little is known; th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a new study at Weill Cornell Medicine, a blood vessel growth promoting-molecule may create a suitable envir ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 30, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Celiac disease is genetically predisposed to hereditary disease and a serious autoimmune disorder that can damage the sm ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 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, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have now learned more about why cells that have improper numbers of chromosomes, which will help cancer rese ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 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 LeitchMAY 28, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have found evidence that it's not a bacterium, but one of its toxins, that is connected to, and possibly caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Cancer
Wilms tumors occur in young children and treatment for lung metastases has included radiotherapy. A Phase III Clinical ...Written By: Mauri Brueggeman
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
Microbiology
Microbes can pick up new pieces of genetic material; now it's been captured in action for the first time.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins in our blood carry out many critical functions, and can become disrupted in disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 06, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that RSC plays an important role in chromosome distribution.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2018
Immunology
For a long time scientists have been trying to understand why females are more likely than males to develop autoimmune d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
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
Videos
Sometimes in those rough moments when life just hits you with some growing pains, it's good to reme
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 05, 2018
Technology
MIT Smart Bacteria Sensor Hunts for Stomach Bleeding
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 04, 2018
Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
JUN 01, 2018
Immunology
The unique activity of estrogen hormones and their cell receptors in the female body may explain why women are more like
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2018
Health & Medicine
Babies and young children need to be kept safe by the adults in their lives, however keeping them in a germ-free environ
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
While investigating how the human brain evolved, scientists found a region of the genome about which little is known; th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a new study at Weill Cornell Medicine, a blood vessel growth promoting-molecule may create a suitable envir
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 30, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Celiac disease is genetically predisposed to hereditary disease and a serious autoimmune disorder that can damage the sm
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
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
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have now learned more about why cells that have improper numbers of chromosomes, which will help cancer rese
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
MAY 28, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have found evidence that it's not a bacterium, but one of its toxins, that is connected to, and possibly caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Cancer
Wilms tumors occur in young children and treatment for lung metastases has included radiotherapy. A Phase III Clinical
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman