Genetics from the Beginning September 10, 2020Rightangled Ltd For most of human history, the prevailing theory of how traits are passed from parents to offspring has been an ill defined blending effect. Children were thought to be the...
DNA, The Building Block of Everything August 16, 2020Rightangled Ltd You might be wondering why every living being in this world is different from one another. Why can’t any single being be identical to the other? For explaining all of...
Why at-home antibody tests for coronavirus have been taken off the shelves May 30, 2020Rightangled Ltd The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) called for a temporary halt on all home antibody tests on May 27th. All people who had taken the test were told...
10 Reasons to Get a DNA Test November 20, 2019Rightangled Ltd 1. Gift to a loved one Genetic testing is a new idea for many of us. Unlocking the mysteries in our genes is novel, intriguing, and perhaps even...
Why Genetics Alone is Not Enough September 02, 2019Rightangled Ltd Genomics is a fast-growing area of medical science which is transforming the way the world of medicine not only researches disease, but how it diagnoses and treats it too. Since...
What Are Genes? March 31, 2019Rightangled Ltd What Are Genes? Genes are the packets of information in your DNA that hold the information for processes and proteins in cells. Because just about everything that happens within a...
The relationship between Diabetes and Genetics December 20, 2018Rightangled Ltd What is diabetes? Diabetes is a serious lifelong condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood is elevated. There are two types of Diabetes: Type 1 and...
Digital innovations shaping healthcare. September 03, 2018Rightangled Ltd It goes without saying that the digital revolution has infiltrated the way each and everyone of us lives. With over half of the worlds population now using the internet, each...
What is Personalised Medicine? July 05, 2018Rightangled Ltd The Concept The concept of personalised medical care has always been present, with clinicians striving to correctly match patients with treatments. However, until recently it had not been...
What Causes Inherited Heart Conditions? June 21, 2018Rightangled Ltd Our Friend Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Every protein in your body comes from a set of instructions written in a clever molecule called DNA. DNA is a long string of smaller...
Personalised Medicine is Ready for Practice April 03, 2018Rightangled Ltd What is Personalised Medicine? A man in his early fifties with hypertension appears at your office for review. He insists that he has been taking his medication as prescribed,...
Genotyping March 25, 2018Rightangled Ltd Genotyping is a laboratory process involved in determining genetic variations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within unique DNA, which can be isolated from blood or saliva samples. DNA is a...