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 Current studies have found that women of color have higher mutation rates of BRCA1 and BRCA2 than previously estimated, and breast cancer in women of color is often a highly aggressive type, namely the type that lacks these three things: no estrogen receptor, no progesterone receptor, and no HER2 amplification.   Read more  

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 Under normal conditions, these cells develop into neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils, and the increased cells have a specific chromosomal abnormality, namely a translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22, which is an exchange of segments between chromosomes 9 and 22. Chromosome 9 has a lengthened distal portion of its long arm, while chromosome 22 becomes shorter. We call this portion of chromosome 22 the Philadelphia chromosome. […]

 Cytogenetics is formed by combining two words: Cyto (relating to cells) and genetics (relating to genetic variation). In Thai, some people use the term เซลล์พันธุศาสตร์ instead of cytogenetics, and the term อณูพันธุศาสตร์ instead of molecular genetics, which is the field concerned with DNA, RNA, and proteins. Cytogenetics is the field that studies the chromosomes within cells, including chromosome structure, chromosomal abnormalities, and chromosome function.

 

 This year marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery by Mendel, the father of genetics. Mendel's laws are something that everyone studying genetics must learn and understand, because they are an important foundation of genetics. Let's celebrate the 150th anniversary together.     Read more  

 

   

Physicians’ misunderstanding of genetic test results may hamper mastectomy decisions A recent survey of over 2,000 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer found that half of […]