We human beings are born to be unique. Although twins of similar features and sexes are hard to be differentiated, there is still one big difference if you look enough underneath all the layers of organs. The answer lies in the genetic markers in our DNA.
In this case, we can even reconstruct genetic profile of […]
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is traditionally considered as a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder of unknown etiology. This disease affects about 1% of the population worldwide, mostly middle-aged women.
It is strongly associated with the inherited tissue type Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen HLA-DR4 which suggests family history is a risk factor.
Characterized by chronic and painful inflammation of […]
In Malaysia, a body of young girl was identified by local forensic police units showed resemblance of an eight year old missing girl from Kuala Lumpur named Nurin based on DNA test.
Ironically, Nurin’s parents disclaimed the body of a young girl, who is Nurin though it showed high similarities among samples of DNA […]
We just could not avoid evolutionary selection as a result of the development of civilization, science in general, and medicine in particular.
From the site whatwemaybe.org, John Glad - the author of Future Human Evolution- Eugenics in the Twenty-First Century is a Guggenheim grant recipient, he is the editor, or translator of twenty books, some of […]
Paternity test could be done much simpler when DNA samples were secretly obtained from other persons’ personal belongings such as toothbrush, comb and bandages.
It sounds sneaky to obtain other persons’ DNA samples by this methods but these methods are best way of getting DNA samples for DNA testing without upsetting or unnecessary provoke other persons.
How […]
