by Emily Burke, PhD | May 31, 2018 | DNA Diagnostics
CRISPR’s GENOME DETECTIVES Last week, we reviewed how CRISPR works and its potential to revolutionize genetic therapies. Here we look at how scientists have started using this technology to develop new diagnostics. Media attention has been focusing almost... 
by Emily Burke, PhD | Mar 29, 2018 | DNA Diagnostics
THE LATEST IN CANCER DIAGNOSTICS Hearing the words “it might be cancer” paired with your doctor’s perplexed look is enough to send shock waves through your body. Getting to the heart of a diagnosis usually requires a surgical biopsy—removal and examination of... 
by Emily Burke, PhD | Jan 21, 2016 | DNA Diagnostics
Getting To The Heart Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) doesn’t discriminate against anyone. From healthy to unhealthy, young to old, the unexpected cessation happens in an instant. Affecting more than 325,000 people per year with a 90%... 
by Emily Burke, PhD | Jul 2, 2015 | DNA Diagnostics
From Impossible to possible The genetics of cancer has progressed from the impossible to a multifaceted mountain of possible. Comprehensive projects in whole genome sequencing and tumor genome sequencing are providing data to unravel the genetic predispositions of... 
