Posts tagged disease diagnostics
The Skin We’re In: How Race might Influence Disease Recognition
The Skin We’re In: How Race might Influence Disease Recognition

TSC is a rare genetic condition, known for skin brain and skin lesions; therefore, it is classified as a neurocutaneous disorder. As I began caring for patients with TSC, I noticed that not many of my patients were Black. I looked to the literature and asked people in the community, but no one seemed to have answer for this possible disparity.

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Editor's Picks, ResearchMaria Pia Tissotrare disease day, race, disease diagnostics
CWD and New Developments in Disease Diagnostics
CWD and New Developments in Disease Diagnostics

In this inaugural blog from our flagship organization journal, the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)’s Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, I am choosing to highlight chronic wasting disease (CWD), an infectious prion disease affecting cervids that has a big impact on big-game and deer farmers. CWD is the same group of fatal diseases as mad cow disease in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.

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Editor's Picks, ResearchMoazzma ArshadCWD, chronic wasting disease, disease diagnostics