Category: Research
Genetic testing is an increasingly popular method of detecting disease ... at an early stage. Indeed, many diseases are now considered to have a genetic basis, or a biomarker, that can inform doctors about who to ... in breast and colorectal cancer that inform clinical diagnosis techniques and targets for drug treatments. Recommendations were made to ...
Category: News & Articles
HMRI genetic statistician Dr Elizabeth Holliday has received a prestigious ... research work in determining the causes of ischaemic stroke. HMRI genetic statistician Dr Elizabeth Holliday has received a prestigious ... very focused on collecting new samples and using recent analysis techniques to advance gene discoveries for stroke. “Collecting samples ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... and prosperous lives after a cancer diagnosis. I also hope that the techniques and methods developed by my research into bowel cancer ... analysis • Biomarker design and development • Surgical Oncology techniques • Circulating tumour DNA and cell-free DNA extraction ...
Category: Research
... the most commonly used MS therapies. We will do this using the same techniques and analysis methods we developed for our first pilot ...
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... NSW Genetics of Learning Disability service and is involved in the genetic diagnosis of children with moderate to severe intellectual disability (ID). Following advanced genetic testing, 50–70% of her patients remain undiagnosed, and there ... discover new genes. Currently, doctors rely on manual face-matching techniques such as remembering similar people or presenting photographs ...
Category: Research
... the reproductive science group. Researchers have identified various genetic factors that may affect the development and maturation of sperm ... an important field of research for the reproductive science group. Genetic factors and molecules that can regulate gene expression (known ... procedures that is more gentle and sensitive than current separation techniques, improving the likelihood of obtaining a high quality sperm ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... disease course? Can we identify these symptoms early with new imaging techniques and do current treatments influence them? Why did you get ... my studies with pain pathways for my PhD. I then focused on the genetic condition myotonic dystrophy and the neurological impact of this ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... Non-coding RNA molecules are involved in controlling how our genetic information is used to produce proteins which sustain the ... experimental disease models, advanced laboratory and molecular techniques as well as infant and preschooler lung function testing, ... and early life, allergies including peanut allergies in children and genetic susceptibility and regulation of infection and inflammation in ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... in genetics research, designing and conducting tests for detection of genetic variation. Her Honours year of research used high-throughput genetic technologies and statistical genetics to identify DNA variants ... survival analysis, regression Thorough understanding of genetic techniques and experimental protocols Affiliations Clinical Research, ...
Category: News & Articles
... Professor Murray Cairns has received $800,000 in funding for a major genetic study of schizophrenia, with the aim of developing better ... Professor Murray Cairns has received $800,000 in funding for a major genetic study of schizophrenia, with the aim of developing better ... the rare variants that are difficult to identify with conventional techniques. “As different individuals experience different ...
