Last Updated on February 1, 2018 by Joseph Gut – thasso January 31, 2018 – Chocolate and the sweet taste receptor gene TAS1R2 may make the life of some obese children and adolescents rather difficult in that genetic variations in TAS1R2 …

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Last Updated on January 28, 2018 by Joseph Gut – thasso January 29, 2018 – Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NET)s are a rare group of cancers with limited treatment options that affects primarily the pancreas or gastrointestinal tract of patients.   …

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Last Updated on January 19, 2018 by Joseph Gut – thasso January 19, 2018 – Patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) find value in genetic testing for the disease, whether or not they have a family history of the …

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Last Updated on January 13, 2018 by Joseph Gut – thasso January 13, 2018 – The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved the first treatment for breast cancer with a certain inherited genetic mutation. At first glance, this announcement …

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Last Updated on January 5, 2018 by Joseph Gut – thasso January 05, 2017 – Most don’t do it over the holiday season. Coming January however, they resume what they do and what in many cases is catastrophic for their …

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Last Updated on January 2, 2018 by Joseph Gut – thasso January 01, 2018 – Antidepressants are not at all a “one-size-fits-all pill”. Predicting treatment response in depression in order to get the “right” treatment, efficacious and adverse effects free …

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