Clinical Oncology evaluations can include various molecular tests and the results can influence patient care. One example of an Oncology Molecular Diagnostic is mutation analysis for genes known to be confer a high risk of cancer such as BRCA1/2. Healthy patients found to carry this mutation benefit from increased screening and surveillance due to their increased risk of several cancers.
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FEB 06, 2014 | 12:00 PM
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The zebrafish, Danio rerio, is an ideal model organism to address a broad array of biomedical questions, and is now widely employed to answer questions about aging, behavior, cancer, growth,...
The rise of zebrafish as a research model has been dramatic. Given the global nature of the work, the rise in shipping zebrafish as a laboratory species has been sharp. Up until this point th...
The 2011 Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has required that institutions place importance on assuring that staff working with animals are trained and competent to perform thei...
FEB 05, 2014 | 2:00 PM
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It is increasingly recognized that the genetic background (i.e., all genomic sequences other than the gene(s) of interest) can have profound influences on the phenotype of an animal model. I...
Training for researchers using animals is a requirement in most European countries. However, somewhat surprisingly, the main actor in providing specific guidelines for such training is a scie...
FEB 05, 2014 | 11:00 AM
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Non-surgical transfer techniques for mouse embryos and sperm provide animal welfare benefits for assisted reproduction of mice. While surgical embryo transfer (ET) is an effective method for...