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Genomic Testing is designed to help identify DNA alterations and is done on cancerous tissue in order to provide information with it. It evaluates the genes in a sample of diseased tissue from a cancer patient.
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OCT 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2017Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 15, 2017Microbiology
Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFBs) are exactly what they sound like - a group of bacteria defined by their morphology ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie schizophrenia, which can be a debilitating psychiatric disorder. New ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are making strides in synthetic biology, and are not starting to learn how to add functionality to genomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Around one in every 68 children in the United States is affected by autism spectrum disorder. The etiology of the diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
An epidemiological study was paired with laboratory results to find what might have been the cause of this effect.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2017Cancer
For patients battling leukemia, there is hope in the form of a newly approved gene therapy. Called Kymriah, this is the ...AUG 24, 2017Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about the specialized microbiomes of elite athletes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2017Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 14, 2017Microbiology
Beer is usually made using yeast strains that scientists are familiar with. After scientists analyzed a brew made from w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2017Immunology
Cancer can't hide from the immune system anymore - scientists are on the verge of identifying every single gene muta ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin ...AUG 03, 2017Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s ...AUG 03, 2017Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 31, 2017Cancer
A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined DNA repair genes and whether mutations in these gene ...JUL 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
After developing new techniques, researchers find that what we have assumed about DNA organization may be wrong.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2017Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by ...JUL 26, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Finding new drugs can be challenging, but researchers are using a methodical approach to identify good candidates.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th ...JUL 23, 2017Health & Medicine
In celebration of 4 decades of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) here's a roundup of 6 cutting edge technologies in ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorJUL 22, 2017Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi ...
OCT 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFBs) are exactly what they sound like - a group of bacteria defined by their morphology
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie schizophrenia, which can be a debilitating psychiatric disorder. New
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are making strides in synthetic biology, and are not starting to learn how to add functionality to genomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Around one in every 68 children in the United States is affected by autism spectrum disorder. The etiology of the diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
An epidemiological study was paired with laboratory results to find what might have been the cause of this effect.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2017
Cancer
For patients battling leukemia, there is hope in the form of a newly approved gene therapy. Called Kymriah, this is the
...
AUG 24, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about the specialized microbiomes of elite athletes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2017
Immunology
Since the development of vaccines protecting people from the disease in 1950s, polio has been all but eradicated. Severa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease knew that some viruses - herpes simplex virus, f
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 14, 2017
Microbiology
Beer is usually made using yeast strains that scientists are familiar with. After scientists analyzed a brew made from w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2017
Immunology
Cancer can't hide from the immune system anymore - scientists are on the verge of identifying every single gene muta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Investigations into why people across 16 states have gotten sick with salmonella poisoning yielded the culprit: contamin
...
AUG 03, 2017
Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s
...
AUG 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
Does a version of autism affect honey bees similarly to the way it affects humans? In a close study of honey bees and th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 31, 2017
Cancer
A study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined DNA repair genes and whether mutations in these gene
...
JUL 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
After developing new techniques, researchers find that what we have assumed about DNA organization may be wrong.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2017
Cancer
Broccoli, the polarizing cruciferous vegetable, is back in the headlines again. This time, researchers were inspired by
...
JUL 26, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Finding new drugs can be challenging, but researchers are using a methodical approach to identify good candidates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Without any medical intervention for the past 8½ years, a 9-year-old South African child remains free of th
...
JUL 23, 2017
Health & Medicine
In celebration of 4 decades of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) here's a roundup of 6 cutting edge technologies in
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...