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The latest Genetics news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Increasing Speed of NGS for Rapid Disease Diagnosis
NGS technologies are beneficial in aiding diagnosis due to the simultaneous detection of multiple pathological targets. However, the processes involved in this; including DNA extraction, amplification, sequencing and subsequent data analysis, are complex and time-consuming.
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| | | | |  As the cost of genome sequencing decreases, researchers and clinicians are debating whether all newborns should be sequenced at birth, facilitating a lifetime of personalized medical care. | | | | |  Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. Particularly when, as in this case, they demonstrate that a possible new therapeutic pathway against idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other diseases associated to short telomeres is in fact safe. | | | | |  Gene expression is a fundamental of life, where each cell switches on and off specific genes. Thus, an autonomous device that could control the on-off switching would have great value in medical care. | | | | |  The popularity of electronic cigarettes continues to grow worldwide, as many people view them as a safer alternative to smoking. But the long-term effects of e-cigarette usage, commonly called "vaping," are unknown. Today, researchers report that vaping may modify the genetic material, or DNA, in the oral cells of users, which could increase their cancer risk. | |
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