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15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
… diagnosed with a blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (or ALL) in 2003, when he was in his fourth year of … This led him to specialize in treating patients with leukemia, and studying the disease in the laboratory. While … better results by Monday. After a number of weeks, the leukemia cells were no longer detectable in his blood, …
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Genetics refers to the study of genes and their roles in inheritance. Genomics refers to the study of all of a person's genes (the genome).
… (Purinethol) to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Some people have a genetic variant that interferes … of the treatment options for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia [cancer.gov] is stem cell transplantation therapy. …
For Patients and Families
​Genetic research is creating new ways for people to take action and prevent disease and new ways to treat disease through personalized medicine.​ ​
… in tumors. Children with a common type of childhood leukemia can be tested to find the right doses of …
For Patients and Families
​Pharmacogenomics combines the science of how drugs work, called pharmacology, with the science of the human genome, called genomics.​
… (Purinethol) to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Some people have a genetic variant that interferes …
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A biological pathway is a series of actions among molecules in a cell that leads to a certain product or a change in the cell.
… designed to treat a blood cancer called chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). CML occurs because of a single genetic glitch …
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Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
… to serious problems. For example, in humans, one type of leukemia and some other cancers are caused by defective …
Genetic Disorders
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency is a severe, genetic condition of the immune system.
… a French gene-therapy experiment had developed a type of leukemia. It was soon discovered that the mechanism used to …