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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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FEB 06, 2016Cardiology
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited heart condition that causes sudden death, especially in young athletes ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever wonder how the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS was used? Among other things, the money helped fund ...FEB 05, 2016Cancer
Overall brain cancer is rare, but it’s actually the most common form of solid tumors in children under 15 years ol ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 02, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 31, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
No, you can’t catch Alzheimer’s like you could a cold. But new evidence suggests Alzheimer’s may be tr ...JAN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
A drug used to treat high blood pressure could be the answer to treating and preventing Alzheimer’s disease. Alzhe ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Precision medicine makes its way to one of the most complicated organs in the body: the brain. Researchers from the Univ ...JAN 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For women who have trouble conceiving naturally, assisted reproductive techniques like in vitro fertilization (IVF) can ...JAN 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 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 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mouse models are essential to medicine and research, as they allow researchers to explore many biological processes that ...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 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 28, 2015Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 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 18, 2015Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 15, 2015Neuroscience
Starting your day usually involves a pretty regular routine. A morning commute through traffic or the necessary coffee r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi ...NOV 24, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste ...NOV 23, 2015Health & Medicine
What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is a deeply subjective state of being. Subjective happiness refers to how ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 18, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The human brain may not look like much, composed of about three pounds of soft mushy matter. But we all know that our br ...NOV 17, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the ...
FEB 06, 2016
Cardiology
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited heart condition that causes sudden death, especially in young athletes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever wonder how the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS was used? Among other things, the money helped fund
...
FEB 05, 2016
Cancer
Overall brain cancer is rare, but it’s actually the most common form of solid tumors in children under 15 years ol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 02, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 31, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
No, you can’t catch Alzheimer’s like you could a cold. But new evidence suggests Alzheimer’s may be tr
...
JAN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
A drug used to treat high blood pressure could be the answer to treating and preventing Alzheimer’s disease. Alzhe
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Precision medicine makes its way to one of the most complicated organs in the body: the brain. Researchers from the Univ
...
JAN 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For women who have trouble conceiving naturally, assisted reproductive techniques like in vitro fertilization (IVF) can
...
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 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 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mouse models are essential to medicine and research, as they allow researchers to explore many biological processes that
...
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
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 28, 2015
Neuroscience
There is an old saying that goes, “When you know better, you do better.” It’s true. When there is an a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 18, 2015
Immunology
The art of diagnosis will soon be fine-tuned; Stanford scientists identified a specific pattern of gene expression that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Starting your day usually involves a pretty regular routine. A morning commute through traffic or the necessary coffee r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi
...
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is a deeply subjective state of being. Subjective happiness refers to how
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 18, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human brain may not look like much, composed of about three pounds of soft mushy matter. But we all know that our br
...
NOV 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the
...