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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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NOV 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt ...NOV 10, 2015Videos
In Greek mythology, a chimera is a fire-breathing beast made up of part lion, part goat, and part snake. Of course a tra ...NOV 08, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
L. monocytogenes is a bacteria that can be found anywhere in nature. It is a psychrotolerant pathogen, meaning, tha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 02, 2015Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013, according to the Cen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Recent research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine may have found a new blood biomarker for episodic mig ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Microbiology
New research suggests that the gut microbiome plays a critical role in sickle cell disease. Researchers at Albert ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 15, 2015Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Cancer
A genetic test can predict whether some women’s breast cancer will recur, and that could influence how chemotherap ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 29, 2015Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
High blood levels of two very closely related proteins can change the outcome of heart disease, according to a new study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Microbial consortia are described as assemblages of different species of microbes in physical as well as biochemical con ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 25, 2015Cancer
“Second cancers are on the rise,” according to an article by Marilynn Marchione, AP medical writer, that app ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 13, 2015Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
While skeletal muscle is abundant in the human body, it been difficult for researchers to derive muscle cells from precu ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt
...
NOV 10, 2015
Videos
In Greek mythology, a chimera is a fire-breathing beast made up of part lion, part goat, and part snake. Of course a tra
...
NOV 08, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
L. monocytogenes is a bacteria that can be found anywhere in nature. It is a psychrotolerant pathogen, meaning, tha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 02, 2015
Microbiology
What makes a strain of Salmonella infect cows, but not humans or birds? Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania co
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013, according to the Cen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Recent research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine may have found a new blood biomarker for episodic mig
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Microbiology
New research suggests that the gut microbiome plays a critical role in sickle cell disease. Researchers at Albert
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 15, 2015
Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Cancer
A genetic test can predict whether some women’s breast cancer will recur, and that could influence how chemotherap
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
High blood levels of two very closely related proteins can change the outcome of heart disease, according to a new study
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Microbial consortia are described as assemblages of different species of microbes in physical as well as biochemical con
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 25, 2015
Cancer
“Second cancers are on the rise,” according to an article by Marilynn Marchione, AP medical writer, that app
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 13, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
While skeletal muscle is abundant in the human body, it been difficult for researchers to derive muscle cells from precu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider