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Comment on What is a Mendelian Disorder? or, The Varied Causes of Disease by zernish

zernish — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:06:57 +0000

i got my answer by reading this text

Comment on Penetrance by Emily

Emily — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:56:08 +0000

DNA Dude/Dr. Rick, you’re awesome.

Comment on Exomes and Rare Disorders: Baby Steps to Personalized Medicine by Staples Blog » » A Quick Dip in the Gene Pool

Staples Blog » » A Quick Dip in the Gene Pool — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:15:09 +0000

[...] had any issues ourselves, it probably isn’t the problem.) This particular process is called exome sequencing. It’s still fairly new and isn’t being offered clinically yet (meaning your doctor [...]

Comment on A String of Nucleotides by john

john — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:32:28 +0000

nice

Comment on What is Massively Parallel Sequencing? by The Pregnancy Lab

The Pregnancy Lab — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:11:45 +0000

New blood test for Down syndrome screening…

This is impressive! A study reported yesterday in the British Medical Journal describes a new blood test that could vastly decrease the number of invasive procedures that are currently used to confirm if a fetus has Down syndrome. Current blood tests u…

Comment on The Common Genetic Causes of Celiac Disease by Eric26

Eric26 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:16:40 +0000

own experience with severe food allergies and sensitivities, as well as having a daughter with Celiac Disease, led her on this quest to find food that was not just safe for herself and her family, but also... Read more: celiac disease

Comment on Tumors From Stem Cells? by MG

MG — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:18:05 +0000

Reading “Tumors From Stem Cells?” with a question mark is disturbing.

Comment on The Landscape of DNA by " » Uncovering the Genetic Controls of Cellular Aging" by DNA Dude

" » Uncovering the Genetic Controls of Cellular Aging" by DNA Dude — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:30:50 +0000

[...] about DNA replication is that the actual process lacks the ability to replicate the very ends of chromosomes. That means chromosomes should get shorter with every round of cell division (DNA replication), but [...]

Comment on Allele by " » The Genetics of Memory" by DNA Dude

" » The Genetics of Memory" by DNA Dude — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:56:56 +0000

[...] uncover genetic associations for a particular disease, they can compare specific genetic variants (alleles) present in a large group of individuals with the disease to those present in a large group without [...]

Comment on The Genetic Code by " » Therapeutic Gene Silencing Strategies: An Introduction" by DNA Dude

" » Therapeutic Gene Silencing Strategies: An Introduction" by DNA Dude — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:05:24 +0000

[...] several disorders where genes accumulate, by replication errors, a repeat expansion of the CAG codon (which codes for the amino acid glutamine, hence poly (=many) glutamines). A famous example of a [...]