Course: Introduction to Translational Research: Connecting Scientists and Medical Doctors

Our genomic sequence The RNAs carrying the code for protein synthesis are called “coding RNAs” or “messenger RNAs (mRNAs)”. Surprisingly, recent evidence revealed that very little of our human genome …

In this video, Prof. Shih will use a short animation to explain how RNA profiling happens. RNAs are related to the gene targeting. When we know the process of RNA …

Genetic linkage and association analyses are the major tools to identify the genetic basis of diseases or traits. The primary difference between these two approaches is that linkage analysis looks …

In a human cell, DNA sequences are located on a set of 23 chromosomes including 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome. A regular human cell contains two such sets which …

Last week, you learned that many diseases are caused by gene mutations or the changed gene expression. Four of our faculties will give talks in this week’s topic. At first, …

In the second part of this section, Prof. Sun will explain more of two new technologies to identify human gene mutations: Whole exome seq (WES) Genome wide association studies (GWAS) …

In this section, Prof. Sun will introduce several technologies to identify gene mutation, including some old technologies and some new technologies. Moreover, he will talk about the advantages and disadvantages …

In this video Prof. Chia-Ling Hsieh will introduce the basics of genes and diseases that relate to genetic disorders. Educator: Prof. Chia-Ling Hsieh

‘Circulating tumor cells’ (CTC) is a clinical phenomenon which has been backed by new evidence recently, due to the development of basic research technologies. In this video, Prof. Yun Yen …

In traditional clinical practice, physicians usually use the TNM staging system to describe a patient’s cancer condition. In this video, Prof. Yang will introduce a new concept, the molecular diagnosis. …

Welcome to this six-week course! In this video, Professor Wei-Chung Yang, the director of the PhD. Program of Translational medicine at Taipei Medical University (TMU), will introduce the course. Besides …

To understand what is translational research, we should think from three different aspects: researchers, physicians, and patients. From the clinical endpoint, a biomarker can be defined as a characteristic or …