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Innovations in Genetic Testing
Genetic Testing Innovations Genetic testing is quickly becoming a cornerstone of healthcare, with new medical technologies and innovations enhancing how scientists work with genetics. Gene therapy, simplified genetic tests, and analysis of fully sequenced genomes are just some of the genetic testing innovations improving healthcare today and in the future. The global genetic testing market […]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner for Medicine – Yoshinori Ohsumi
Dr. Yochinori Ohsumi Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine Frank Magliochetti Report Yoshinori Ohsumi is the sole winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Ohsumi is a cell biologist who specializes in autophagy, which is the process cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components the cells no longer use. Ohsumi […]
Hereditary Cancer Testing: Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States, behind only lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Cancer of the prostate is a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it – early detection and personalized treatment saves lives. Doctors […]
Trends in Lyme Disease: Focus on the Northeast
Lyme Disease Trends: Northeast State health departments report about 30,000 cases of Lyme disease each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but that number does not accurately reflect the actual number of cases diagnosed around the United States. Some studies suggest the actual number of Lyme disease could be as high as […]
Pharmacogenomic Testing & Health Care Costs
Pharmacogenomic Testing: Could it Reduce Health Care Cost? A relatively new type of drug testing could reduce health care costs. This type of testing is known as pharmacogenomic testing. It looks at how the genes a person inherits affects how medications works in his or her body. Many things can affect how drugs work in […]