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A 66-year-old member asked:
why can't we get more than binary (+ or -) results from cologuard test. if +, we want to know specific dna &/or hemoccult+. ?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
Pathology 49 years experience
Biopsy: Removal of suspect tissue and examination by a pathologist is the only way to get a definitive answer. Cologuard facilitates selection of patients who should undergo colonoscopy. It does not diagnose colon cancer.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Searched to no avail what percent of healthy individuals test positive for anti ds DNA or is it always indicative of problem?
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Dr. Thomas Namey answered
Rheumatology 48 years experience
How much.: The recent assays pick up some anti-dna antibodies (double stranded) in many people without any disease. High titer dsdna antibodies are almost always sigificant! if you have them, why was the test ordered. And if truly positive, see a rheumatologist-and bring your labs!
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What is DNA printing for?
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Dr. Pedro Cabrera answered
Specializes in Anesthesiology
Establish paternity: dna fingerprinting is a method of making images of dna sequences in order to study them . It has been used to solve criminal cases and in paternity disputes
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A 39-year-old member asked:
How are instructions encoded in dna?
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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
Ophthalmology 52 years experience
Nucleotide sequence: Dna is a long chain of 4 molecules called nucleotides. The sequence of three in a row, codes for Amino Acids used to build enzymes and body parts. Other sequences turn the code on and off for certain segments. All of the codes are still not known and some information is transfered in other ways. All in all it is a remarkable bit of biology.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
What is the difference between a DNA double strand ab test and a nuclear ab test?
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Dr. Dan Fisher answered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Specificity: Nuclear antibodies are antibodies directed against the contents of the nucleus of the human cell. There are several types of nuclear antibodies including those directed against histone, chromatin, nuclear proteins, RNA and double stranded dna. Ds dna is specifically associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Which disease is treated with drugs that have similar structure to DNA nucleotide?
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Dr. Larry Lutwick answered
Infectious Disease 49 years experience
Several: Including HIV and hepatitis b.
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