Collecting buccal or cheek swab for genetic test The following video will review proper techniques for collecting a buccal or cheek swab sample for processing in our laboratory in three easy steps. This will reduce the need for resample and is critical to yield good test results. For general information about pharmacogenomics or drug-specific resourcesContinue reading “Resources for doctors and health consumers about genetic tests, clinical trials”
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Cancer Related Genes
Cancer Related Genes Gene Therapeutic Area ABL1 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia AKT1 Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ALK Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor Neuroblastoma Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Rhabdomyosarcoma ATM Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Mantle Cell Lymphoma Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia AURKA Colorectal Cancer BCL2 Lymphoma BCL6 Lymphoma BCR Chronic Myeloid LeukemiaContinue reading “Cancer Related Genes”
Pharmacogenetics
Pharmacogenetics is the study of inherited genetic differences in drug metabolic pathways which can affect individual responses to drugs, both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects.[1] The term pharmacogenetics is often used interchangeably with the term pharmacogenomics which also investigates the role of acquired and inherited genetic differences in relation toContinue reading “Pharmacogenetics”
Tumor genes
Gene expression profiling is a technique used in molecular biology to query the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously. While almost all cells in an organism contain the entire genome of the organism, only a small subset of those genes is expressed as messenger RNA (mRNA) at any given time, and their relative expression canContinue reading “Tumor genes”
Genetic Testing
Genetic Testing Genomic Tests and Family History by Levels of Evidence The CDC Office of Public Health Genomics ranks the following list for levels of evidence of genomic tests and family health history in practice . This approach was based on a paper by Khoury and updated in accordance with criteria presented by a 2014Continue reading “Genetic Testing”