March 2018

Domestic Health Links

Istanbul Chamber of Medicine www.istabip.org.tr Medical Genetics Association www.tamgen.org Turkish Society of Hematology www.thd.org.tr Medical Oncology Association www.kanser.org Turkish Cancer...

Abroad Health Links

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PubMed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/ American Cancer Society www.cancer.org

Sports Performance Tests

According to scientific researches; a number of genes which are associated with cardiovascular capacity and muscle strucure have been identified,...

Multifactorial Diseases

Multifactorial inherited diseases are diseases which are caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Recurrence risk is low...

Mitochondrial Diseases

Unlike nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA, which plays a very significant role in cellular energy cycle, resides in the cytoplasm and...

Single Gen Diseases- Introduction

According to Mendelian Genetics; single gene diseases arise from defect on a single gene situated on the chromosomes. These defects...

Autosomal Dominant Diseases

A functional alteration in one of the gene couple located on the same locus is enough for the emergence of...

Autosomal Recessive Diseases

Autosomal recessive disorders comprises nearly one third of single gene diseases. For autosomal recessive diseases to be functional, a single...

X-Linked Recessive Diseases

Because the disease is inherited by sex chromosomes ( X chromosome), except for rare cases, diseases are determined only in...

X-Linked Dominant Diseases

Disease can be observed both at boys and girls and the pattern of inheritance resembles the autosomal dominant inheritance. However,...

"The discovery of the structure of DNA transformed not only biology but also our understanding of what it means to be human."

Francis Crick