by Jovana Drinjakovic | Apr 4, 2019
As the most common fatal genetic disorder, cystic fibrosis (CF) has been at the forefront of genetic research since the gene responsible for it was discovered 40 years ago. But with more than 300 known disease-causing mutations, or variants of the CF gene, disease...
by Lisa Willemse | Feb 22, 2019
Please click here to read the original version of the article that first appeared on Medicine by Design’s site and is reprinted with permission. The article has been edited slightly for length. A contagious facial cancer that has ravaged Tasmanian devils in southern...
by Stacey Johnson | Feb 15, 2019
Rare diseases are defined as such because the number of people affected by them is considered very low. Depending on which country you live in, that number will change. There are so many rare diseases in the world that if you add up the number of people living with...
by Stacey Johnson | Dec 14, 2018
“At any given time, close to 1,000 Canadian patients are waiting for a stem cell transplant,” says Dr. Dana Devine, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the Canadian Blood Services. That is despite the fact Canadian Blood Services belongs to an international...
by Jovana Drinjakovic | Oct 17, 2018
Scientists have enlisted the gene editing tool CRISPR in a hunt for cancer causing mutations, releasing into the open valuable data that could help doctors better advise their patients. A new study lists almost 4,000 individual “misspellings,” or variants, in the...
by Sara M. Nolte | Oct 11, 2018
While it’s been years since I’ve been in school or academia, I can’t help but feel nostalgic this time of year, when fall marks the beginning of a new year (and the return of the pumpkin spice latte, mmm!). Many of you are hunkering down in your courses, starting new...
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