Genetics

Sexually Transmitted Infections — A Hidden Menace

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major and growing health problem in all parts of the world...

Is Plasma Preferred for Clinical Chemistry Testing?

Advances in medicine in the 17th century provided the foundation for diagnostic laboratory testing...

Analysing Patients with Prader-Willi/Angelman Syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and Angelman syndrome (AS) are distinct genetic disorders caused by lack of expression of paternally (PWS) or maternally (AS) imprinted genes...

Cytogenetic Applications in Cancer Investigations

Since the announcement of the first working draft of the Human Genome on June 26, 2000, then President of the United States...

Genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer by next-generation sequencing

Identification of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is a major milestone in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of breast cancer...