New Techniques Offer Valuable Tools in Analysis of Congenital Anomalies
09/06/10 06:16 Filed in: News
New Techniques Offer Valuable Tools in Analysis of
Congenital Anomalies
Released: 6/8/2010 11:00 AM EDT
Source: Allen Press Publishing Services
Newswise — New techniques to detect chromosomal abnormalities can offer a higher degree of accuracy. Chromosomal abnormalities are a well-known cause of multiple congenital anomalies, and conventional methods of culture analysis have proven unsuccessful in 10% to 40% of cases. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques were tested and found successful by analyzing tissue from children who had multiple congenital anomalies.
Released: 6/8/2010 11:00 AM EDT
Source: Allen Press Publishing Services
Newswise — New techniques to detect chromosomal abnormalities can offer a higher degree of accuracy. Chromosomal abnormalities are a well-known cause of multiple congenital anomalies, and conventional methods of culture analysis have proven unsuccessful in 10% to 40% of cases. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques were tested and found successful by analyzing tissue from children who had multiple congenital anomalies.
LWPES: Growth Hormone Rx Switches Stress Patients and Docs
06/06/10 19:42 Filed in: News
MedPage Today
News: LWPES: Growth Hormone Rx Switches Stress Patients
and Docs
VANCOUVER Switching patients from one human growth hormone formulation to another due to changes in insurance mandates or other reasons may not be a benign procedure, researchers found when they conducted a survey of clinicians.
Click here for the full story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/LWPES/19890
VANCOUVER Switching patients from one human growth hormone formulation to another due to changes in insurance mandates or other reasons may not be a benign procedure, researchers found when they conducted a survey of clinicians.
Click here for the full story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/LWPES/19890
