Every month this semester, The Lab Report will feature a different undergraduate-research assistant on campus and their experience in the lab. Senior Jared Akers gets to make art for credit, but ...

Researchers have identified a gene that causes heart defects in Down syndrome, a condition that results from an additional copy of chromosome 21. Reducing the overactivity of this gene partially ...

Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) comprise a group of inflammatory disorders in which there is chronic inflammation of skeletal muscle. This is then followed by muscle weakness. One type of ...

FARMINGTON — Chronic fatigue syndrome, which afflicts as many as 1 million Americans, is going under the microscope at the Jackson Laboratory as researchers look for molecular clues to the ...

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) classification criteria, designed to categorize patient cohorts for clinical research, are commonly used in clinical practice; however, their use might not be ...

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A laboratory blood test developed at Johns Hopkins for the diagnosis of a rare genetic red blood cell disorder also shows promise in identifying HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening high blood pressure ...

People with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often go years without a diagnosis—and even after getting one, the “realness” of their condition may be questioned by friends, family members, and even ...

Doctors use laboratory tests, imaging studies, and endoscopic procedures to help diagnose short bowel syndrome, which affects nutrient absorption in the small intestine. Short bowel syndrome (SBS) ...