Genetics and Malignant Mesothelioma

Malignant Mesothelioma

There has been some research on the relationship between genetics and the development of malignant mesothelioma. Some compelling evidences that genetic defects may result in a higher risk for the development of malignant mesothelioma. Read more »

Cri du Chat Syndrome – Human with Cat-like Cry

cri du chat syndrome, cat-like cry, mewing cry, 5p minus

Cri du chat syndrome is a kind of genetic disorder that occurs when a small part of chromosomal material is missing from a particular region on chromosome 5. Read more »

Angelman Syndrome – Angel-like Genetic Disorder

angelman syndrome - angel-like syndrome

Angelman Syndrome is a familiar genetic disorder in Cytogenetics. It is a recognizable syndrome which related to mental retardation and infantile seizures. Read more »

Prader-Willi Syndrome – Genetic Disorder That Cause Obesity

prader-willi syndrome, pws

Prader-Willi syndrome or PWS syndrome is thought to be one of the most common genetic disorders. It is the most common genetic cause of marked obesity in humans. Read more »

Autosomal Aneuploidy – Cytogenetic Abnormalities

autosomal aneuploidy | Cytogenetic abnormalities

Aneuploidy refers to cytogenetic abnormalities that does not involve the sex chromosomes in which all or part of one or more chromosomes is added or deleted. Read more »

5 Hypotheses Causing Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome | Trisomy 21

Down Syndrome is caused by the non-disjunction of the chromosome during the meiosis. However, little is known about the causes for non-disjunction to occur as well as Down Syndrome in term of Cytogenetics. There are many hypotheses have been put forward to explain about the non-disjunction. Read more »

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My name is Chen. I'm 23 years old. I'm working in University Malaya Medical Centre as Pediatric Oncology research assistant. I took Bachelor of Science Genetics and Molecular Biology in University of Malaya before this. Genetics is my favourite subject since i was 16. I feel very curious on how the formation of a complex organism from a seeming formless zygote. How could a single cell gives rise to many kinds of different cells like muscle cells, brain cells and so on? Hope you all enjoy reading my blog. Thanks Read more »