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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NOV 13, 2018Drug Discovery
NOV 13, 2018Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease. Symptoms of the condition include loss of balance, difficulty swallowing, seizures...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 12, 2018Cancer
NOV 12, 2018Primary malignant liver tumors are rare in children with an occurrence rate of 1-2% of all childhood cancers. Radical surgical resection of the liver which means the removal of part of the li...Written By: Heba El WassefNOV 07, 2018Videos
NOV 07, 2018Did you know that around one billion people suffer from a neglected tropical disease?...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2018Genetics & Genomics
NOV 06, 2018Rodents are known as common research models, but zebrafish have been gaining ground as an attractive alternative for many reasons....Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2018Microbiology
NOV 05, 2018A microbe called Clostridium botulinum and sometimes two other strains of Clostridium bacteria can make a toxic chemical called botulism....Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2018
Drug Discovery
NOV 13, 2018
Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease. Symptoms of the condition include loss of balance, difficulty swallowing, seizures...
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Nouran Amin
NOV 12, 2018
Cancer
NOV 12, 2018
Primary malignant liver tumors are rare in children with an occurrence rate of 1-2% of all childhood cancers. Radical surgical resection of the liver which means the removal of part of the li...
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Heba El Wassef
NOV 07, 2018
Videos
NOV 07, 2018
Did you know that around one billion people suffer from a neglected tropical disease?...
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Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
NOV 06, 2018
Rodents are known as common research models, but zebrafish have been gaining ground as an attractive alternative for many reasons....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2018
Microbiology
NOV 05, 2018
A microbe called Clostridium botulinum and sometimes two other strains of Clostridium bacteria can make a toxic chemical called botulism....
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Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
NOV 01, 2018
When a person's appendix is removed early in life, it reduces their chances of getting Parkinson's disease....
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Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2018
Drug Discovery
OCT 31, 2018
The promise of immunotherapy in oncology is stronger than ever. Now, an international team of scientists and physicians from the Research Institute of the ...
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Nouran Amin
OCT 23, 2018
Immunology
OCT 23, 2018
A point mutation has caused a de novo immune deficiency observed in two patients...
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Nicholas Breehl
OCT 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 21, 2018
This work has opened up new therapeutic avenues that the scientists will be exploring....
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Carmen Leitch
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DATE: December 13 15,2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Breast cancers are classified into three main subtypes according to their receptor status: estrogen receptor-positive...Speaker: Hillary Stires, PhDSponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/GibcoNOV 14, 2018 03:00 PM PST
NOV 14, 2018 03:00 PM PSTNeuronal migration defects, including pachygyria, are among the most severe developmental brain defects in humans. Using human genetics approaches, we recently identified bi-allelic truncatin...Speaker: Takanori TakebePresented At:6th annual 24 Hours of Stem Cells™ virtual eventOCT 25, 2018 08:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
OCT 25, 2018 08:00 AM PDTDATE: October 25, 2018TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT While the significance of the microbiome is unprecedented, a thorough study to dissect the role of individual popul...Speaker: Devanjali Dutta, PhDSponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/GibcoJUN 21, 2018 07:30 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
JUN 21, 2018 07:30 AM PDTCrohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis also known as inflammatory bowel diseases or IBD, are characterized by chronic, recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which result...Speaker: Andres Hurtado-Lorenzo, PhDPresented At:Precision Medicine 2018JUN 21, 2018 06:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
JUN 21, 2018 06:00 AM PDTRare disease affects 30 million people in the United States, with nearly 50% of cases affecting children. Because nearly 80% of rare diseases are genetic, advancements in genomic testing are...Speaker: Stephen Kingsmore, MDPresented At:Precision Medicine 2018
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DATE: December 13 15,2018TIME: 09:00am PST, 12:00pm EST Breast cancers are classified into three main subtypes according to their receptor status: estrogen receptor-positive...
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Hillary Stires, PhD
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco
NOV 14, 2018
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NOV 14, 2018
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Neuronal migration defects, including pachygyria, are among the most severe developmental brain defects in humans. Using human genetics approaches, we recently identified bi-allelic truncatin...
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Takanori Takebe
Presented At:6th annual 24 Hours of Stem Cells™ virtual event
OCT 25, 2018
08:00 AM PDT
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OCT 25, 2018
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DATE: October 25, 2018TIME: 08:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT While the significance of the microbiome is unprecedented, a thorough study to dissect the role of individual popul...
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Devanjali Dutta, PhD
Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher Scientific/Gibco
JUN 21, 2018
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Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis also known as inflammatory bowel diseases or IBD, are characterized by chronic, recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which result...
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Andres Hurtado-Lorenzo, PhD
Presented At:Precision Medicine 2018
JUN 21, 2018
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Rare disease affects 30 million people in the United States, with nearly 50% of cases affecting children. Because nearly 80% of rare diseases are genetic, advancements in genomic testing are...
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Stephen Kingsmore, MD
Presented At:Precision Medicine 2018
MAY 10, 2018
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As the costs of genomic analysis decline it becomes possible to offer widescale population genomic analysis to screen for genetic disorders. The Alabama Genomic Health Initiative was es...
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Bruce R. Korf, MD, PhD
Presented At:Genetics and Genomics 2018
MAY 09, 2018
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MAY 09, 2018
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Genomic information has the potential to improve management or potentially prevent or enable early intervention of virtually every disease. However, despite massive technological leaps and ex...
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Marcel Dinger, PhD
Presented At:Genetics and Genomics 2018
MAR 28, 2018
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Although more than half of U.S. states have legalized the use of medical marijuana, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet recognized or approved the cannabis plant for thera...
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Emily Leongini
Presented At:Cannabis Sciences 2018
MAR 15, 2018
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The study of rare, neurological disorder and the development of effect treatments can pose many unique challenges. A paucity of scientists working on these disorders often limits forward prog...
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Jill Weimer, PhD
Presented At:Neuroscience 2018
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In an effort to provide a platform to discuss leading scientific research on a range of topics, LabRoots has added another virtual event to the line up of conferences for 2019 – Infecti...NOV 14, 2018
NOV 14, 2018Register for free to attend the 6th annual Gibco™ 24 Hours of Stem Cells™ virtual event, the largest global virtual stem cell event taking place around the world on November 15, 2...OCT 03, 2018 06:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
OCT 03, 2018 06:00 AM PDTLabRoots invites you to the First Annual CRISPR Virtual Event! With continued adoption and integration in research labs, CRISPR gene editing has gained importance both as a research tool in d...SEP 12, 2018 06:00 AM PDTC.E. CREDITS
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As the foundation of life, genetics provides a base for other sciences to grow from. This is why LabRoots is excited to announce the 6th Annual Genetics and Genomics virtual conference! The f...
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With a hundred billion neurons, and close to a quadrillion connections between them, the human brain is thought to be the most complex object in research. The field of neuroscience is constan...
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