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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launches the Million Veteran Programs (MVP, which aimed to collect blood specimen from 1 million veterans for future health research. VA also called this program as the “genomic game changer”, where the veterans’ blood specimens will be used to build the world’s largest medical database and gene depository. Along [...]
Human obesity is a very common disease influenced by the interaction of multiple factors such as environment, genetics and dietary factors. Every obese person aims to reduce weight by using various approaches such as managing dietary habits, physical exercises and diet pills. However, knowledge about the link between genetics and obesity eases the process of [...]
How Genetic Testing Works Each of us has two sets of DNA from the moment we are conceived and in these DNA pairs are different genetic materials that can affect changes in the way we turn out. Each parent carries genetic markers that have come from their parents and so on into the past genetic [...]
Since its discovery in 1985, DNA testing and profiling has revolutionized the way forensic science does its job. People previously convicted of heinous crimes were set free because of new DNA evidence proving them to be innocent of the crimes they were accused of in the first place. Before the use of DNA testing became [...]
Ludwig van Beethoven, a well-renowned German composer and pianist, was an important figure in Western classical music. He remains to be one of the most influential and acclaimed composers in the world. He produced the finest music which later gained him the title of a virtuoso pianist. In his early twenties, Beethoven moved to Vienna [...]
Vitamins supplements are selling like hot-cakes nowadays. However, a significant proportion of consumers are merely driven by the notion that vitamins-are-required-for-a-good-health and have a very little idea of what they really are! Vitamins are a group of organic substances which cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the [...]
Folic acid or folate is a water soluble element of vitamin B9. Vitamin B9 is important to several body functions like cell division and growth. Children and adults are actually recommended to take in folate for healthy red blood cell production and prevention of anemia. Folic acid naturally occurs in foods as folate and is [...]
Paternity testing is a study of DNA regions of individuals in order to learn whether relationships exist between them. It is known that a child’s DNA is made of of exactly equal portions of the mother’s and father’s genetic material. So any DNA characteristics of the child that are not also found in the mother [...]
The human body consists of a complex network of processes all working together in a seamless rhythm. These processes often occur without you even knowing about it. Most of the time, we only learn of certain bodily processes when there is a problem with one of them. In fact, you probably won’t even know what [...]
Folic acid (C19H19N7O6), also known as pteroyl-L-glutamic acid, Vitamin M, folate, folinic acid, folacin etc., is a water soluble compound which is better known as vitamin B9 to “normal” people who live outside chemistry Labs! It is found mostly in leafy green vegetables like kale and spinach, orange juice, and enriched grains. Several studies have [...]
