If you have ever had a cut, tooth extraction, or been bruised, you know the importance of your body’s ability to form a clot and stop that bleeding. Usually, when someone bleeds, platelets (tiny blood cells) and proteins called clotting factors come together in a series of events leading to clot formation. Recently, the U.S. […]

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Our body’s natural disease and infection-fighting resources make up our immune system. These defence mechanisms involve special types of cells and bodily substances that work together to keep us healthy.  Our immune system protects us from dangerous organisms called pathogens by recognizing and removing them. Some common pathogens include viruses and bacteria.1 The immune system […]

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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) roughly affects 1 to 3% of U.S. adolescents aged 10 to 18.1 The progression of AIS to adulthood arising in clinical symptom manifestations is rare but AIS can be a contributing factor to a variety of health concerns.  Pathophysiology  AIS is a disease identified by an abnormal curvature of the spine. […]

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Aging has the potential to alter the proteins making up our genetic code and break our DNA. However, a new anti-aging study focusing on the cellular promoters of aging may bring scientists closer to finding ways to cure aspects of growing older. Gene expression All organisms contain a specific set of genes – coding schemes […]

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Alzheimer’s disease is a life-threatening illness that affects people all over the world. Early disease detection with genetic tests continues to be developed to address a growing need. With Alzheimer’s, one can experience memory, thinking, and behaviour impairments when symptoms appear. As the disease worsens, the person may struggle with mobility and completing routine tasks.1,2 […]

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Genetics is the code of life. Genetics can reveal a myriad of information about our bodies. Genetic wellness testing is a powerful tool with medical and non-medical applications.  Genetic testing can tell us whether we’ve inherited specific genes from our parents. Some of these genes make us more susceptible to developing particular diseases.1 These tests […]

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Since the discovery of cystic fibrosis (CF) in 1938, there have been significant increases in life expectancy for those with CF. Treatments such as antibiotics and physical therapy are responsible for the increased life expectancy into a person’s 30s.4  However, these treatments still have limits as they do not directly target the problem behind CF […]

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A research group investigated the use of gene therapy for treating inherited hearing loss. Around the world, there are roughly 466 million people who suffer from hearing loss, 60% of which can be attributed to a genetic cause. Over 120 genes are connected to hereditary deafness, many of which are variants present only in small […]

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