POSTS TAGGED AS genetic diseases

50 Neuropathology Assays in One Genetic Test

Tandem repeated expression disorders
“We [researchers with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia] describe the use of programmable targeted [MORE]

NIH’s Somatic Cell Genome Editing

Somatic Cell Genome Editing program
“The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE) Consortium aims to [MORE]

While Genome Analysis in 90 Minutes; Whole Exomes in Less Than 60 minutes

Churchill Fast Human Genome Analysis
You may have seen that television commercial which tells us it took 13 years to do [MORE]

Twenty-Three Years of the Human Genome Project

The Human Genome Project reached “completion” ten years ago, this past April 14th; and to mark that anniversary the [MORE]

Genomes’ “Intangible Variance”

This piece isn’t about the genetic variance of genomes between any two individuals, but rather the as-yet “intangible variance” [MORE]

Genetic Cures Before Birth

Mouse Fetus
Hematopoietic stem cell transplants in utero have potential for “curing” genetic diseases before birth.  In 1995, Drs. Alan [MORE]

Small Science

The breakthroughs in molecular medicine open new vistas for health, but before this translates into healthcare, astute physicians must [MORE]