Medical Genetics
Academic Unit: Faculty of Medicine, Academic Corporation for the study of Tropical Pathologies
Colombian Ministry of Science
OECD
Discipline
Medical and health sciences
Subdiscipline
Health sciences
Strategic Focus
Our mission is to provide assistance, research and teaching services in Human Genetics. The Medical Genetics Unit (UGM) has a multidisciplinary group with adequate diagnostic aids and quality service in genetics, cytogenetics, and molecular biology. The study of cancer requires new genetic tests in order to use personalized medicines on these patients. The group requires national and international collaboration in order to establish the genomic medicine center at the Universidad de Antioquia and become a reference center at a local and national level.
Research Areas and Topics
- Molecular Biology of Human Diseases.
- Molecular Biology of Solid Tumors.
- Molecular Biology of Cancer.
- Clinical Cytogenetics.
- Molecular Cytogenetics.
- Prenatal Cytogenetics.
- Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology of Hematological Diseases.
- Clinical Cytogenetics.
- Molecular Genetics of Hematological Diseases.
- Genetics of Hereditary Cancers.
- Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer and Metastasis.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)