The SomaLogic Blog

How well we age and what we will ultimately look like in our later years (if we get there) is, to a degree, within in our control.

A 2014 study estimated that about 5% of those who went to a doctor were misdiagnosed (Rettner, 2014). If the underlying condition was serious, misdiagnosis jumped to 20% (Bernstein, 2017). Yikes!

Finding DNA mutations that drive cancer development and growth can be akin to finding Waldo, the plucky 80’s cartoon lad wearing red and white stripe clothing and glasses hidden amongst a plethora of quirky characters.

2016 brought to public consciousness a new threat to humanity, arriving on the wings of mosquitoes: Zika virus (WHO, 2018a). Symptoms are mild for most of those infected, but the truly insidious and headline-making aspect to the disease is what happens to pregnant...

Unless you are stricken by a horrible blow of bad luck, good health can equate to more time on this planet. Great healthcare can help lead to better health, but at what cost?

I’m like my dad in many ways — same nose, same horrible eyesight, same sense of humor. But when it comes to healthy lifespan, I’d really like to be more like my mom.

“Who are you?” This question, asked by the caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland, befuddled Alice. How would you answer this simply complicated question?

Wouldn’t it be great if everyone with diabetes could earn a lifetime achievement award for disease management? Given the skyrocketing costs of diabetes care in the U.S., this sounds like a win-win scenario. And maybe proteomics can make it happen.

There are those who believe that we are masters of the environment. However, this idea is just as true as the belief that identical twins are identical. Far from masters, we are the products of our environment. This becomes more evident in a recent study involving identical twins and space.

“Identical twins” are not really identical! There, I said it. Comparing identical twins is akin to matching apples to pineapples instead of apples to apples. Each twin obviously has their own personality, viewpoints, fingerprints and footprints. Digging deeper, it is clear that “identical” twins do not have identical genomes, especially as time goes on.