RepeatDx

Dyskeratosis Congenita, Telomere Biology Disorders and the role of telomere length testing

Find out more about Dyskeratosis Congenita and Telomere Biology Disorders; what causes them, why the symptoms can vary and the…

7 years ago

Telomere Length Is Correlated With Quality Of Life In COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an age-related disease, with data supporting the notion that COPD is a systemic disease…

8 years ago

How Telomere Testing Is Being Used In Hospital Settings

Telomere testing is used as a diagnostic tool by medical professionals. When looking to find out about a patient’s health,…

8 years ago

Modified Instruments For Telomere Length Measurement

RepeatDx has received its second three-laser flow cytometer. Both instruments have been modified to achieve optimal telomere length measurements using…

9 years ago

Lymphocyte Homeostasis in Acquired Aplastic Anemia is Associated With Short Telomeres

Hepatitis‐associated aplastic anemia (HAA) is a variant of acquired aplastic anemia (AA) in which immune‐mediated bone marrow failure (BMF) develops…

9 years ago

Shall we call them “telomere-mediated”? Renaming the idiopathic after the cause is found

Editorial Interstitial Lung Disease by Samantha J. Merck and Mary Armanios October 28, 2016. Over the past decade, it has…

10 years ago

Telomeres on Steroids – Turning Back the Mitotic Clock

Editorial in NEJM by Peter Lansdorp, M.D., Ph.D. May 19, 2016 In a study reported in The New England Journal…

10 years ago

American Society of Hematology, 57th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL December 5-8, 2015

Visit the Dyskeratosis Congenita Outreach at booth 2012 to learn more about Telomere Biology Disorders.

11 years ago

Long Telomere Length Associated with Increased Lung Cancer Risk

“The large-scale genetic study, conducted at the University of Chicago Medical Center, looked at the link between telomere length and…

11 years ago