Graphs can communicate important information. Understanding how to interpret these graphs can help rare disease families understand important scientific discoveries and potentially understand clinically relevant information. While there are multiple kinds of graphs, we are...
There’s a lot of terminology floating around when we talk about scientists. Who is a scientist? There are scientists in industry, in academia and in government, just to name a few types of scientists. Since...
In order to fully understand SLC13A5 Epilepsy, it is necessary to study this disease from multiple angles, using many different tools. Thanks to TESS families, the TESS Research Foundation has been able to create different...
Scientists have many experimental models at their disposal to study genetic diseases, such as taking a sample of a patient’s cells and growing them in a dish. However, as you might imagine, cells in a...
Have you ever wondered how animals can be used in research institutions to help scientists investigate diseases? In humans, sometimes diseases lead to changes in behavior. Diseases can change the way people move, sometimes people...
We’ve covered a number of topics in the Science Simplified blog and it’s time to learn about another important topic: proteins! Proteins are important for the body to work properly: different proteins can perform a...
Every visit to the doctor creates a new medical record. There’s documentation of the visit, the medications taken, medical procedures, and so much more. Medical records allow our doctors to track important information about their...
In our last two blog posts in this series we covered the structure of a research article (part 1) and tips for critically reading a research article (part 2). In part 3 of this series,...
One of the biggest questions we have here at TESS is, “how does SLC13A5 Epilepsy lead to seizures and other neurological problems?” One way researchers are currently tackling this question is using a technique called...