Genetics 101
For most of human history, the prevailing theory of how traits are passed from parents to offspring has been an ill defined blending effect. Children were thought to be the average of their parents. This may seem like a vague...
DNA, The Building Block of Everything
You might be wondering why every living being in this world is different from one another. Why can’t any single being be identical to the other? For explaining all of this, we need to dive into the cellular level and...
Why at-home antibody tests for coronavirus have been taken off the shelves
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) called for a temporary halt on all home antibody tests on May 27th. All people who had taken the test were told to consider the results as unreliable. Before we get into...
1. Gift to a loved one Genetic testing is a new idea for many of us. Unlocking the mysteries in our genes is novel, intriguing, and perhaps even a little bit scary. Diving into cutting-edge medical science could...
Why Genetics Alone is Not Enough
Genomics is a fast-growing area of medical science which is transforming the way the world of medicine not only researches disease, but how it diagnoses and treats it too. Since the complete sequencing of the human genome in 2003, there...
What Are Genes? Genes are the packets of information in your DNA that hold the information for processes and proteins in cells. Because just about everything that happens within a cell is the result of what is encoded in genes...
The relationship between Diabetes and Genetics
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a serious lifelong condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood is elevated. There are two types of Diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2. Types of diabetes People with Type 1...
Digital innovations shaping healthcare.
It goes without saying that the digital revolution has infiltrated the way each and everyone of us lives. With over half of the worlds population now using the internet, each aspect of our lives is affected in some way by...
What is Personalised Medicine?
The Concept The concept of personalised medical care has always been present, with clinicians striving to correctly match patients with treatments. However, until recently it had not been possible to determine how individuals interact with certain drugs. Advances...