Why Do Genetic Testing? by Jill Ciccarello, CEO & Research Program Director, Inland Northwest Research
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hat is a gene? A gene is the most basic unit of biological material that codes for heredity, or the passing of coding material given from parents to their children. The sequence of genes is commonly called Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. Every living thing has DNA. Each person has a set of unique DNA, which contain instructions for how a human being develops, functions, grows and reproduces.
Jill Ciccarello is a native of the northwest currently residing in Spokane. She has been working in biomedical research for the past 19 years. Jill has experience with federally and privately funded research programs. Before coming to Inland Northwest Research, she spent 4 years as a Subject Matter Expert and Science Officer for the US Medical Research and Materials Command, working primarily in Neurological Research, including Parkinson’s, TBI, PTSD and Alzheimer’s.
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