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Variant Classification
Variant classification is the computer-based classification of genetic variants and their variability, which usually affects genetic diagnostics as it could introduce misguided and incorrect patient classifications.
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FEB 24, 2022Genetics & Genomics
When we think of evolutionary changes, we tend to consider long stretches of time. But can evolution happen rapidly? The ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The human genome contains mostly the same genes from one person to another, but there are tiny sequence differences in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have been trying to determine what causes autism spectrum disorder for many years. Those efforts have reveal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2022Microbiology
The wide variation in the severity of COVID cases is probably due to a wide range of factors, including how much virus a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For many years, a genetic mutation was usually linked to a serious disease. Researchers were able to connect errors in s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Cerebral palsy (CP) starts in early childhood, and is a motor impairment that does not progress. CP is caused when child ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2022Cannabis Sciences
As the pandemic has progressed, multiple variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) have e ...Written By: Nadine HusamiJAN 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There's been a lot of debate about whether carbohydrates are healthy or harmful. While the body needs some carbohydrates ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have some healing and regenerative capabilities. For most of us, cuts will mend, we'll recover from mild infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2021Cardiology
Small changes in the sequence of genes can have a variety of biological impacts. Mutations that alter only one base pair ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The UK Biobank is an unprecedented resource that has provided researchers with essential data from half a million people ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Research has indicated that a preference for certain tastes can be traced back to genes, but there's more to it than jus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2021Cardiology
Congenital heart defects, which a person is born with, impact one in one hundred babies. CHD is a leading cause of death ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2021Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The UK's 100,000 Genomes Project has now given hundreds of people a diagnosis for their disease. Many of them have been ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Beta cells in the pancreas produce the insulin our body needs to properly regulate blood sugar. Diabetes results when th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Individual health is shaped by many different factors, including the sequences and expression levels of genes, the makeu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While amyloid plaques are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, the neurological disorder has also been linked to inflammat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists sequenced most of the human genome abut two decades ago. It took many years to complete the project because o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
There's so much more to the human genome than just instructions for making proteins, for example, many non-coding region ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Have you ever felt an instantaneous connection with someone you just met? New research has suggested that there may be a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Although the human genome has basically the same genes from one person to the next, there is a huge amount of variation ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2021Cardiology
It's estimated that 450,000 Americans die from sudden heart conditions, and in about one in ten cases, the cause is unex ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of evolutionary changes, we tend to consider long stretches of time. But can evolution happen rapidly? The
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome contains mostly the same genes from one person to another, but there are tiny sequence differences in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have been trying to determine what causes autism spectrum disorder for many years. Those efforts have reveal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2022
Microbiology
The wide variation in the severity of COVID cases is probably due to a wide range of factors, including how much virus a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For many years, a genetic mutation was usually linked to a serious disease. Researchers were able to connect errors in s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Cerebral palsy (CP) starts in early childhood, and is a motor impairment that does not progress. CP is caused when child
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
As the pandemic has progressed, multiple variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) have e
...
Written By:
Nadine Husami
JAN 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There's been a lot of debate about whether carbohydrates are healthy or harmful. While the body needs some carbohydrates
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have some healing and regenerative capabilities. For most of us, cuts will mend, we'll recover from mild infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2021
Cardiology
Small changes in the sequence of genes can have a variety of biological impacts. Mutations that alter only one base pair
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The UK Biobank is an unprecedented resource that has provided researchers with essential data from half a million people
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Research has indicated that a preference for certain tastes can be traced back to genes, but there's more to it than jus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2021
Cardiology
Congenital heart defects, which a person is born with, impact one in one hundred babies. CHD is a leading cause of death
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2021
Microbiology
On Thursday, November 2021, South African health officials announced that they had identified a new variant of the pande
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The UK's 100,000 Genomes Project has now given hundreds of people a diagnosis for their disease. Many of them have been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Beta cells in the pancreas produce the insulin our body needs to properly regulate blood sugar. Diabetes results when th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Individual health is shaped by many different factors, including the sequences and expression levels of genes, the makeu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
While amyloid plaques are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, the neurological disorder has also been linked to inflammat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists sequenced most of the human genome abut two decades ago. It took many years to complete the project because o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
There's so much more to the human genome than just instructions for making proteins, for example, many non-coding region
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Have you ever felt an instantaneous connection with someone you just met? New research has suggested that there may be a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Although the human genome has basically the same genes from one person to the next, there is a huge amount of variation
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2021
Cardiology
It's estimated that 450,000 Americans die from sudden heart conditions, and in about one in ten cases, the cause is unex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch