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The Investigation of Pharmacogenomics on Adverse Effects


Introduction Pharmacogenomics is the study of how a person's genes affect their response to medicinal drugs. Experts use pharmacogenomics to create safe and effective medications and dos...
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Improving Abiotic Stress Resistance of Crops with CRISPR


Research Question: How effectively can CRISPR-based genome editing of targeted abiotic stress resistance genes improve outcomes in globally important crop plants?
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Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) as potential biomarker for disease and prenatal genetic screening.


Research on cfDNA reveals that it can be used as a biomarker, or indicator, for diseases with pathologies it directly contributes to, and its potential to be used to identify and monitor ...
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CRISPR-CAS9: a Revolutionary Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease


Hypothesis: The gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 offers a curative treatment for sickle cell disease, targeting the root cause rather than its symptoms.  
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Can modifying immune response genes prevent allo-HSCT patients from getting ARDS?


Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, otherwise known as ARDS, is a life-threatening syndrome that admits fluid into the lungs that builds up in your alveoli, tiny air sacs in your lungs w...
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ADHD: How genetic predispositions and parental environment interact to impact the severity of ADHD


Section 1: Overview of ADHD ADHD affects around 6 million children between the ages of 3 and 17.1 Of the children diagnosed with ADHD, about 60% of them have symptoms that persist into a...