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Genetic Testing
A genetic test (DNA test) is a test used to assess the changes in the DNA or chromosome structure. This can be used in the medical field to rule out or discover possible genetic conditions of a patient.
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APR 21, 2020Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
After an assessment of blood samples collected in Brazil between 2013 and 2016, scientists have found two new species of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 16, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Some of the reagents used in popular diagnostic tests may be in short supply, so other testing methods will be needed.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The spinal column develops from a row of structures called somites, which bud off sequentially in a process called somit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2020Cancer
The research to find effective treatments and diagnosing tools in the fight against cancer has led to a thorough investi ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAPR 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a single gene had different biological impacts depending on the context.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2020Microbiology
Yesterday, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it will begin human trials on a potential vaccine for COVID-19.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2020Technology
The next disease-detecting technology could come to a bathroom near you—the Smart Toilet! A toilet designed to det ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 05, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
While advances in healthcare and medicine have increased life expectancies, the body still declines as it ages, causing ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Less than a millisecond after a cell is stretched out, genes are activated, which will result in the production of prote ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2020Microbiology
There are a couple of different kinds of tests that researchers will be developing and clinicians will be using to disru ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists were able to make old human cells revert to a younger state by activating the expression of a few genes at ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2020Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2020Cancer
The most common, and most deadly, cancer across the world is lung cancer. If caught early, lung cancer has quite a low m ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 28, 2020Cancer
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are among the most prevalent cancers among smokers, linked to alcohol con ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 25, 2020Technology
What exactly is eDNA? It is environmental DNA that has underwent the next-generation sequencing and that has been &lsquo ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 25, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A group of Canadian researchers is responding to a desperate need for COVID-19 diagnostic kits with their fluorescent im ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 24, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the Broad and Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes have developed a diagnostic technology that can moni ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies aim to diagnose a disease with only a bit of biological fluid, usually blood.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2020Cancer
New research published yesterday in the British Journal of Cancer from scientists at the University of East Anglia descr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, no medicine nor vaccine has been approved as effective for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrom ...Written By: Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
After an assessment of blood samples collected in Brazil between 2013 and 2016, scientists have found two new species of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Science Advances attempts to model the risk of cancer that astronauts will incur f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Some of the reagents used in popular diagnostic tests may be in short supply, so other testing methods will be needed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The spinal column develops from a row of structures called somites, which bud off sequentially in a process called somit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2020
Cancer
The research to find effective treatments and diagnosing tools in the fight against cancer has led to a thorough investi
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
APR 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a single gene had different biological impacts depending on the context.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2020
Microbiology
Yesterday, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it will begin human trials on a potential vaccine for COVID-19.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2020
Technology
The next disease-detecting technology could come to a bathroom near you—the Smart Toilet! A toilet designed to det
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
While advances in healthcare and medicine have increased life expectancies, the body still declines as it ages, causing
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Less than a millisecond after a cell is stretched out, genes are activated, which will result in the production of prote
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2020
Microbiology
There are a couple of different kinds of tests that researchers will be developing and clinicians will be using to disru
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists were able to make old human cells revert to a younger state by activating the expression of a few genes at ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
A remarkable amount of the cannabis genome is either missing from the map or has yet to be mapped at all. Researchers fr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2020
Cancer
The most common, and most deadly, cancer across the world is lung cancer. If caught early, lung cancer has quite a low m
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 28, 2020
Cancer
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) are among the most prevalent cancers among smokers, linked to alcohol con
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 25, 2020
Technology
What exactly is eDNA? It is environmental DNA that has underwent the next-generation sequencing and that has been &lsquo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 25, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A group of Canadian researchers is responding to a desperate need for COVID-19 diagnostic kits with their fluorescent im
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from the Broad and Dana-Farber Cancer Institutes have developed a diagnostic technology that can moni
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies aim to diagnose a disease with only a bit of biological fluid, usually blood.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2020
Cancer
New research published yesterday in the British Journal of Cancer from scientists at the University of East Anglia descr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently, no medicine nor vaccine has been approved as effective for the prevention of severe acute respiratory syndrom
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon