INTRODUCTION Physicians have to visit, diagnose and refer patients with genetic disorders, so they need to be familiar with the basics and indications of genetic tests. In other words, they should have effective theoretical and practical knowledge about medical genetics before they do their job. Medical genetics courses at Medical Universities of Iran are generally presented as a theoretical su...

Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, technology has developed markedly in fields such as medical genetics and genetic counseling in the medical arena. In particular, this technology has advanced the discovery of and ways of understanding various genes responsible for genetic diseases, and genetic polymorphisms thought to be associated with disease. Some have been implicated as fact...

The redundant medical diagnostic factors elimination problem was faced by the use of Artificial Neural Networks that were evolved using Genetic Algorithms. For specific medical diagnosis problems such as breast cancer classification, with given set of diagnostic input parameters, Genetic Algorithms were used for pruning Neural Network structure and the investigation of the most appropriate subs...

Predictive genetic testing in childhood is generally considered morally justified only if there are clear medical benefits to be obtained from testing that cannot be obtained otherwise. In clinical genetics, physicians and genetic counsellors have traditionally acted as gatekeepers against unwarranted genetic testing of children, protecting them against harm and respecting their right not to kn...

the aim of this study was to show the interaction between the society, applicants and medical schools in terms of medical student selection. in this study, the trends to implement social factors in the selection process were highlighted. these social factors were explored through functionalism and conflict theories, each focusing on different categories of social factors. while functionalist th...

phenylketonuria (pku) is an inborn error of amino acid metabolism with an autosomal recessive inheritance caused in most cases by mutations in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (pah) gene. pku has wide allelic heterogeneity. here we report a novel heterozygous substitution (c.1223g>t (p.arg408leu)) in the pah gene in an iranian pku family. the patient was 19-yr-old female with diagnosis of moderate...