🧬 🧮 What Is a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)?
This one is solely about genome-wide association studies (GWAS). I realized it would be helpful to have a general post about genome-wide...
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Dec 8, 20233 min read
🤖 🧬 What Are the Most Common Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Applications?
This is not the exhaustive list of NGS technology that can be applied, but the examples listed here are the most common. Those are: Whole...
Dec 7, 20231 min read
🧬 What Types of RNA Are There?
There are 7 different types of Ribonucleic Acids (RNAs) and those are: Messenger RNA (mRNA): mRNA’s function is to code proteins, and...
Oct 28, 20239 min read
👩🏽💻 🧬 All You Need To Know About Trimmomatic & NGS Data Trimming
Check out this perfect starter on NGS data trimming and Trimmomatic, one of the most used trimming tools
Jan 19, 20232 min read
What is clonal evolution?
How Does Cancer Happen? From what we know, cancer does not happen suddenly with a somatic mutation happening that might lead to the...
Jan 17, 20235 min read
🧬 A Primer On Genetic Mutations
A Primer on genetic mutations including how to difference between somatic and germline mutations.
Dec 31, 20223 min read
Shortly About Internal Tandem Duplication?
What Is Internal Tandem Duplication? Internal tandem duplication (ITD) is a type of mutation that occurs when a segment of DNA is...
Dec 28, 20224 min read
⚗️ What Is Phosphorylation?
All you need to know about phosphorylation in a 5-minute read.
Dec 26, 20226 min read
Shortly About Apoptosis
Apoptosis is cell death that occurs when cells are damaged or no longer needed. It is a natural and essential process that helps to...
Dec 12, 20225 min read
Shortly About Cluster of Differentiation
Understanding Cluster of Differentiation (CD) - The Key to Immune Cell Recognition and Function
Dec 12, 20224 min read
ℹ️ Shortly On Kinases, Tyrosine Kinases, and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
A quick read to learn basic things about kinases, tyrosine kinases, and receptor tyrosine kinases,
Dec 11, 20222 min read
🧫 What Are Hematopoietic Stem Cells?
What Are Hematopoietic Stem Cells (Immature Hematopoietic Progenitors? ⚠️Hematopoietic stem cells, also known as immature hematopoietic...
Dec 11, 20225 min read
👩🏼🔬 The FL protein & Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
What Is the FMS-Related Tyrosine Kinase 3 Ligand (FLT3L)? ⚠️ FMS-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT3L) or also known as the FL...
Nov 4, 20224 min read
Part 1: Shortly About The G6PD Gene
Learn about the G6PD gene, its functions, and the role it plays in human health and disease in this informative blog post
Sep 11, 20221 min read
🩸 👩🏼🔬What is CHIP in Hematology?
This very short read brings you all the key things you need to know about what is Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential
Sep 10, 20222 min read
⚗️ What Is De Novo Methylation?
A primer on de novo methylation. Quick read to get key facts on de novo methylation.
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Point Mutation
What is Point Mutation? A point mutation is any change in the DNA or RNA sequence where a single nucleotide base is changed...
Aug 29, 20224 min read
🧑🏻🏫 👩🏽⚕️A Primer On Hirschsprung’s Disease
Here you will find all you must know about Hirschsprung’s disease.
Aug 23, 20222 min read
Gene Fusion
What is Gene Fusion? A gene fusion is defined as two genes that are joined so that they are transcribed and translated as a single unit...
Aug 22, 20222 min read
👪 What Does Hereditary Mean?
Quick read to understand what does hereditary mean in genetics?
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