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Rare Diseases
Rare Diseases: A disease or disorder is defined as rare in Europe when it affects fewer than 1 in 2000. A disease or disorder is defined as rare in the USA when it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans at any given time. ... In the EU, as many as 30 million people may be affected by one of over 6000 existing rare diseases.
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MAY 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While genetic testing has advanced, and has enabled clinicians and doctors to provide families with answers when medical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 24, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system is crucial to our health. It must sense pathogens and respond to the threat effectively. But the immun ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have provided a diagnosis for 500 European patients who did not know their condition...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While genetic testing has advanced, and has enabled clinicians and doctors to provide families with answers when medical
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 24, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system is crucial to our health. It must sense pathogens and respond to the threat effectively. But the immun
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functi
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have provided a diagnosis for 500 European patients who did not know their condition...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billi
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expresse
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Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A new study reports that daily use of cannabidiol (CBD) extends lifespan and improves symptoms of Leigh syndrome in both
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Annie Lennon
JUN 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
When the TREX1 gene is functioning normally, it produces a protein that helps maintain DNA in cells throughout the body.
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Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have been trying to solve the mystery of a rare genetic disorder called spinocerebellar ataxia 4 (SCA4) for
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Carmen Leitch
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OCT 25, 2023 | 8:30 PM
The CytPix is a flow cytometer that can simultaneously collect fluorescence data and high-resolution brightfield images of individual cells. This allows to better understand the morphology o...OCT 25, 2023 | 8:00 AM
The CytPix is a flow cytometer that can simultaneously collect fluorescence data and high-resolution brightfield images of individual cells. This allows to better understand the morphology o...AUG 01, 2023 | 10:00 PM
Stem cells have the capability to develop into any specialized cell type, which makes them a valuable resource in research and regenerative medicine. Differentiated stem cell models provide...MAY 31, 2023 | 6:00 AM
Although metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is increasingly used in clinical microbiological diagnosis, especially for rare or complicated infectious diseases, the applications of...APR 11, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Date: April 11, 2023 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in the dystrophin encoding DMD gene that disrupt the reading frame. M...
OCT 25, 2023 | 8:30 PM
The CytPix is a flow cytometer that can simultaneously collect fluorescence data and high-resolution brightfield images of individual cells. This allows to better understand the morphology o...
OCT 25, 2023 | 8:00 AM
The CytPix is a flow cytometer that can simultaneously collect fluorescence data and high-resolution brightfield images of individual cells. This allows to better understand the morphology o...
AUG 01, 2023 | 10:00 PM
Stem cells have the capability to develop into any specialized cell type, which makes them a valuable resource in research and regenerative medicine. Differentiated stem cell models provide...
MAY 31, 2023 | 6:00 AM
Although metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is increasingly used in clinical microbiological diagnosis, especially for rare or complicated infectious diseases, the applications of...
APR 11, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Date: April 11, 2023 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by mutations in the dystrophin encoding DMD gene that disrupt the reading frame. M...
NOV 01, 2022 | 10:00 AM
Date: November 01, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CET) Our laboratory developed the Pig-a gene mutation assay as a means to simply and reliably evaluate the potential mutage...
OCT 20, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Date: October 13, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) Single-cell atlases mapping immune cells provide hints on how immune cells mature, attenuate, and disseminate through...
JUN 28, 2022 | 9:00 PM
Date: June 29, 2022 Time: 12:00pm (PST), 2:00pm (EST), 8:00pm (CEST) The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been acknowledged worldwide by leading health institutes. Besides the ne...
MAY 03, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Cancer is a disease of the genome, and as such, tools that can analyze the genome are instrumental in understanding the mechanisms that lead to cancer, detecting cancerous cells, and providi...
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MAY 16, 2023
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