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Genetics technology broadly describes the tools and processes used to identify, treat, or monitor genetic disorders. Genetics technology can include laboratory testing, scientific instruments, and analytical software programs.
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MAR 02, 2021Cardiology
Often when it is dark, we go for a flashlight or our phone to see where we are going. What if I told you that is much th ...Written By: Jasper CantrellMAR 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It was a landmark event when the human genome was finally sequenced, and the Human Genome Project came to an end. But li ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
DNA is the four-letter language that codes for genes, “paragraphs” of DNA information that carry specific in ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 01, 2021Microbiology
Most people know botulism as a nasty disease and botox as a wrinkle reducer that may cause a 'frozen' look if it's overu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Research scientists have to be able to manipulate molecules in cells to learn more about their function, what goes wrong ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Spina bifida is a birth defect that happens when the spinal cord of a developing infant doesn't form correctly, because ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2021Technology
Scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, along with partners at Stanford University and Technical Unive ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells can be used to create simplified versions of human organs called organoids, enabling researchers to study how ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Taking a sample of tissue called a biopsy from an organ suspected of harboring a pathology is a common diagnostic practi ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With good food and exercise, many dogs can live a long and healthy life. But some suffer from chronic conditions that ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While the human genome was sequenced many years ago, there was so much to learn about it beyond just its sequence, like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that a simple genetic test could be a huge benefit to public health; it could tell clinicians ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2021Microbiology
Advances in genetic technologies have revolutionized biomedical research in recent years. One example is the discovery t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Surgeons remove a tumor from the abdominal cavity of a patient. But how can they be certain that all the cancer cells we ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 26, 2020Microbiology
Like some plants and animals, there are bacteria that prefer to live in certain places; they have strong biogeography. B ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
New gene therapy study addresses treatment methods for deafness. "In this study we focused on genetic deafness caus ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 21, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that our DNA is more susceptible to mutagenic influences than we've appreciated. While organi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The many advances that have propelled the field of genetics forward have taken a tremendous amount of work in different ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2021
Cardiology
Often when it is dark, we go for a flashlight or our phone to see where we are going. What if I told you that is much th
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAR 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It was a landmark event when the human genome was finally sequenced, and the Human Genome Project came to an end. But li
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
DNA is the four-letter language that codes for genes, “paragraphs” of DNA information that carry specific in
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 01, 2021
Microbiology
Most people know botulism as a nasty disease and botox as a wrinkle reducer that may cause a 'frozen' look if it's overu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Research scientists have to be able to manipulate molecules in cells to learn more about their function, what goes wrong
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Spina bifida is a birth defect that happens when the spinal cord of a developing infant doesn't form correctly, because
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2021
Technology
Scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, along with partners at Stanford University and Technical Unive
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells can be used to create simplified versions of human organs called organoids, enabling researchers to study how
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Taking a sample of tissue called a biopsy from an organ suspected of harboring a pathology is a common diagnostic practi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With good food and exercise, many dogs can live a long and healthy life. But some suffer from chronic conditions that ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
While the human genome was sequenced many years ago, there was so much to learn about it beyond just its sequence, like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that a simple genetic test could be a huge benefit to public health; it could tell clinicians
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2021
Microbiology
Advances in genetic technologies have revolutionized biomedical research in recent years. One example is the discovery t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Surgeons remove a tumor from the abdominal cavity of a patient. But how can they be certain that all the cancer cells we
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 26, 2020
Microbiology
Like some plants and animals, there are bacteria that prefer to live in certain places; they have strong biogeography. B
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
New gene therapy study addresses treatment methods for deafness. "In this study we focused on genetic deafness caus
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that our DNA is more susceptible to mutagenic influences than we've appreciated. While organi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Glyphosate is a common weed-killing chemical used in agriculture, and it may be best known as the active ingredient in R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The many advances that have propelled the field of genetics forward have taken a tremendous amount of work in different
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch