Genomic

In this video, Jeramy Tabuzo, BSN, RN, OCN, discussed a recent Oncology Nursing Society survey that evaluated literacy and knowledge deficits in genomics in cancer care among oncology nurses.

Study findings presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference continued to show the ability of real-time genomic surveillance to detect nosocomial outbreaks.

The American Kidney Fund awarded clinical scientist in nephrology fellowships to two researchers studying disparities in kidney transplants and genetic variants in nephrotic syndrome, according to a press release.

A healthy lifestyle can reduce overall cancer incidence even among individuals identified by a personalized indicator as having a high genetic risk, according to study results published in Cancer Research.

Healio spoke with Debu Tripathy, MD, about the importance of breast cancer awareness.

The FDA has approved an intentional genomic alteration process in a line of domestic pigs that is intended to eliminate alpha-gal sugar on the pigs’ cell surfaces.

Tumor genomic alterations appeared to differ among Black, white and Asian men with prostate cancer, according to results of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Human genomic editing can offer many benefits, but it is important to take ethical considerations into account when deciding what information should influence medical practice, a speaker said during ASN Kidney Week.

Black patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy were often diagnosed at a younger age and were less likely to carry a sarcomere mutation compared with white patients, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

PHILADELPHIA — Gene sequencing was used to identify a subset of patients with sudden cardiac death through pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants, according to data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.