Genetic testing involves taking a closer look at your DNA. Just like your genes determine physical characteristics, like the color of your eyes or the color of your skin, your DNA might also give you clues about what’s going on beneath the surface. It might give you clues about your health– whether or not you […]
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Rhiannon Bending, 31, Shares Her Story with Hereditary Pancreatitis Although Rhiannon’s father had chronic pancreatitis, doctors were unaware that hereditary pancreatitis can be passed down through genetics and kept reassuring that her that she will not suffer from the disease. Genetic testing gave her the answers she so badly needed– she has hereditary chronic pancreatitis.
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As a researcher and clinician, I’m incredibly excited by advances in our understanding of pancreatitis and their potential to help pancreatitis patients. Pancreatitis patients suffer terrible pain, along with other symptoms, and are often frustrated at the lack of effective treatments. But today, thanks to advances in genomics (the study of genes and their function),
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We had so many questions during our webinar on the genetics of pancreatitis, which can be viewed by clicking here, that we could not answer them all during the session. We didn’t want to leave questions unanswered, so here are Dr. Mark Haupt and Dr. David Whitcomb’s answers to the questions we didn’t get to.
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On November 13th, Mission: Cure hosted an informational webinar for chronic and recurrent acute pancreatitis patients, their families and clinicians on new genetic discoveries related to this disease. Below are the slides for the presentations by Dr. David Whitcomb of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Dr. Mark Haupt of Ariel Precision Medicine, two award-winning
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLrEmdmgaLQ&t=5s Pancreatitis and Genetics: New Science Shows Pancreatitis Likely to be Hereditary In November 2018, Mission: Cure hosted a webinar for chronic and recurrent acute pancreatitis patients on new genetic discoveries related to pancreatitis. It featured presentations by Dr. David Whitcomb of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Dr. Mark Haupt of Ariel Precision
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