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Genetic variant
Genetic variants define a gene that has encountered a permanent change in its DNA sequence. Some, but not all, genetic variants result in a disease. Genetic variants can be inherited or can develop overtime.
NOV 16, 2023 | 10:00 AM
Across various stages of the clinical oncology workflow, from panel design to genomic testing and molecular tumor boards, the identification and validation of actionable genomic alterations...
NOV 14, 2023 | 8:00 AM
RNA-Seq remains a critical and robust methodology in understanding cellular and organismal changes associated with development and disease. Advances in automation have helped reduce the cost...
OCT 31, 2023 | 9:00 AM
Gene therapy holds potential for treating neurological diseases by delivering genetic information into specific cell types. However, selective and efficient targeting of cell types remains c...
OCT 30, 2023 | 8:00 PM
Description: Join this two-part webinar to learn how capillary electrophoresis (CE) complements sequencing technologies, such as next generation sequencing, that are being used by cancer res...
OCT 26, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Description: Join this two-part webinar to learn when capillary electrophoresis is an ideal choice relative to other various sequencing technologies – such as next generation sequencin...
OCT 24, 2023 | 9:00 AM
DNA comprises molecular information stored in genetic and epigenetic bases, both of which are vital to our understanding of biology in health and disease. The interaction of genetics with th...
SEP 07, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Advancements in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) are changing the genomics industry, favoring those with scale. Quest Diagnostics' clinical expertise, combined with our infrastructure, p...
JUL 26, 2023 | 12:15 PM
C.E. CREDITS
Genetically modified cell models accelerate the development of safe and effective therapeutics, making them indispensable in the quest for new drugs. Through manipulation of cell line geneti...
JUN 15, 2023 | 7:00 AM
Liquid biopsies represent a transformation in the management of cancer as they have the potential to detect, characterize, and monitor cancers earlier than can be achieved with conventional...
APR 20, 2023 | 7:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Date: April 20, 2023 Time: 7:00am (PDT), 10:00am (EDT), 4:00pm (CEST) A recent systematic review found that more than half of known infectious diseases will be aggravated by climate hazards,...
MAR 30, 2023 | 1:50 PM
C.E. CREDITS
Clinical laboratories worldwide are implementing various targeted panels to identify cancer genomic variants and ultimately improve patient outcomes. As most of the panels and NGS platforms...
MAR 30, 2023 | 1:50 PM
Clinical laboratories worldwide are implementing various targeted panels to identify cancer genomic variants and ultimately improve patient outcomes. As most of the panels and NGS platforms ...
MAR 23, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Date: March 23, 2023 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Across clinical oncology applications, from molecular testing to cancer research the ability to identify potentially act...
FEB 22, 2023 | 5:30 AM
C.E. CREDITS
G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) are therapeutic targets for many medications used to treat a variety of disease states. A large number of genetic variants have been identified in the gen...
SEP 07, 2022 | 12:00 PM
The lack of preparedness for detecting the highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 pathogen, the pathogen responsible for the COVID-19 disease, has caused enormous harm to public health and the economy...
JUN 02, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: June 02, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00am (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a buzzword across almost all scientific disciplines and has the potential to re...
MAY 05, 2022 | 8:00 AM
Date: May 5, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CET) Despite incredible advances in genomics, the NGS data interpretation workflow for hereditary diseases remains challenging...
FEB 23, 2022 | 11:55 PM
The explosion of biomedical data such as in genomics, structure biology and pharmacology can provide new opportunities to improve our understanding of human physiology and disease. Understan...
DEC 07, 2021 | 10:00 AM
Date: December 07, 2021 Time: 10:00am (PST) The RNAscope™ technology allows high sensitivity and spatial resolution providing pivotal single-cell information to gain better insights in...
NOV 15, 2021 | 6:00 AM
Date: November 15, 2021 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT) Targeted sequencing of respiratory viruses’ genomes is important to identify novel viral variants. Compared to amplicon sequenc...
NOV 10, 2021 | 11:59 PM
The proportion of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) derived from tumor cells in the plasma of patients with cancer is typically less than 2%. To overcome this limitation, methods have been developed to...
