How does cancer develop? As cancer develops from multiple genetic changes, it is very complex. Among the genetic changes are the genetic variations of specific genes (oncogenes), or deletion / duplications of genes, chromosomal changes of chromosomes, alterations in gene expression, aberrant methylations, etc. In addition, it is highly variable in genomic characteristics. All this…
This test is a Molecular Multiplex Analysis in which the following are reviewed: Protein markers (tumor markers). Analysis of circulating tumor cells (ctc). A transcriptomic profile (genetic expression) is made. Genetic profile search for point mutations, deletions / duplications and SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms). Epigenetic profile (methylation study). Pharmacogenetic analysis. Nutrigenetics The purpose of this…
ADAPTING THE DRUG AND ITS DOSE TO THE PATIENT Pharmacogenetics in psychiatry There is a great variability in the way in which patients respond to drugs, in the appearance of side effects and in the symptoms caused by the toxicity of the drugs. The variation depends on factors such as age, sex, liver and kidney…
What is a conventional cytogenetic analysis or karyotype? Each cell of our body contains DNA that is packaged inside the nucleus forming structures that we know as chromosomes, in which genetic information is stored. This information determines our appearance and controls the development of all the organs of the body. Most cells in our body…
