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The Mito-FIND project: Unlocking the secrets to mitochondrial disease with DNA from saliva

“Mitochondria are essential for life. Mitochondrial diseases interfere with the body’s ability to make energy and affect more than 2 million people in the world” - Mito-FIND ...

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Is genetic testing with saliva the best method for risk-based breast cancer screening?

By: Katherine Lawless on 08/07/19 10:50

For decades, breast cancer prevention programs followed the traditional ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach where each patient would receive the same type of screening. Only recently ...

The art of innovation: How DNA Genotek delivers game-changing products and services

By: Shauna White on 07/16/19 10:17

As a reader of The Genetic Link blog, you are likely aware that DNA Genotek (and our sister companies CoreBiome and Novosanis) are subsidiaries of OraSure Technologies Inc., a ...

Air pollution and cognitive dysfunction: uncovering the TRAP

By: Katherine Lawless on 07/12/19 10:23

When you are on your morning commute to work, whether you drive or ride the bus, you might not realize that you are exposed to traffic-related air pollution (TRAP). When people ...

Is the speed gene the key to athletic performance? The answer is only a spit away

By: Katherine Lawless on 06/19/19 13:24

It is widely accepted that genetic factors are strongly linked with athletic performance.[1] After receiving my own 23andMe wellness results, I learned that I was a carrier of ...

Saliva as a sample type for genomic applications

By: Shauna White on 06/07/19 13:20

This week, I interviewed Scott Rabuka, Director of the Genomics Program at DNA Genotek for our podcast, Molecules, Microbes and Multiomics. Scott joined DNA Genotek in 2008 as ...

DNA saliva kits or traditional blood collection: which is more cost effective?

By: Scott Rabuka on 05/22/19 13:26

Many researchers have asked the question: can saliva replace blood for DNA collection and analysis? Research studies confirm that DNA from saliva is equivalent to DNA from ...

Urine as a liquid biopsy for cancer detection – Could yellow be the new red?

By: Kerry Chatburn on 04/24/19 13:38

I recently had the opportunity to visit our new sister company, Novosanis+ in Antwerp, Belgium, to talk about urine as a sample type. Novosanis is dedicated to solving urine ...

Vitamin D deficiency: the new link to type 2 diabetes mellitus in United Arab Emirates

By: Katherine Lawless on 04/11/19 14:00

“Diabetes is the fastest growing debilitating disease in the world”. Dr. Al-Anouti and Dr. Al-Safar In 2015, statistics showed that 415 million people suffer from diabetes ...

Genome-wide DNA methylation comparison: Brain tissue vs. blood, saliva and buccal cells

By: Katherine Lawless on 04/03/19 13:30

DNA methylation (DNAm) has become increasingly widespread in the study of psychiatric disorders.[1] Many psychiatric epigenetic studies began to work with peripheral tissues ...