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Discovery of biomarkers could lead to new, better treatment options for heart disease

Coronary heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide, but identifying those at high risk remains difficult. EU-funded research has helped identify new biomarkers that will improve diagnosis and lead to new and better treatment options.

12 Apr 2019

High Throughput Nucleic Acid Purification Simplified

Labs demand purity and flexibility for high throughput nucleic acid purification, while needing to complete difficult downstream analysis, for example NGS.

From Promega Corporation 9 Apr 2019

Biologists analyze available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors

A team of biologists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Lobachevsky University analyzed available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors.

9 Apr 2019

Study of MS patients shows 18% were given wrong diagnoses

A recent study found that nearly 18 percent of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis before being referred to two major Los Angeles medical centers for treatment actually had been misdiagnosed with the autoimmune disease.

8 Apr 2019

Embryo selection for IVF can be optimized using artificial intelligence technique

A new artificial intelligence approach by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators can identify with a great degree of accuracy whether a 5-day-old, in vitro fertilized human embryo has a high potential to progress to a successful pregnancy.

5 Apr 2019

DBS improves patients' cognitive control by increasing power of brain rhythms

In a new study that could improve the therapeutic efficacy of deep-brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders such as depression, a team of scientists shows that, when DBS is applied to a specific brain region, it improves patients' cognitive control over their behavior by increasing the power of a specific low-frequency brain rhythm in their prefrontal cortex.

4 Apr 2019

Myriad Women’s Health to present two new studies highlighting performance of its prenatal tests

Myriad Genetics, Inc., a global leader in personalized medicine, today announced that its Myriad Women’s Health business unit will present results from two important studies at the 2019 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting that highlight the performance of its prenatal tests.

3 Apr 2019

Photonics-based tiny device could one day play key role in personalized medicine

In the not-too-distant future, each of us may have a simple device - small enough for our nightstand or our pocket - that keeps us apprised of our level of health, identifies even trace amounts of undesirable biomarkers in our blood or saliva and serves as an early-warning system for diseases.

3 Apr 2019

Scientists identify biomarkers to predict risk of atrial fibrillation

Scientists at the University of Navarra (Spain), in collaboration with clinicians from the University Hospital of Donostia, have identified two biomarkers associated with the risk of suffering atrial fibrillation, a cardiac ailment that affects more than 33.5 million people in the world.

2 Apr 2019

New Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health launched at Mount Sinai

The Mount Sinai Health System and the Hasso Plattner Institute today announced an affiliation that brings together industry leaders with combined expertise in health care delivery, health sciences, biomedical and digital engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence to rapidly develop digital health products with real-time predictive and preventive capabilities that empower patients and health care providers, and improve health and health outcomes.

29 Mar 2019

New computer program predicts risk of life-threatening arrhythmias

Combining a wealth of information derived from previous studies with data from more than 500 patients, an international team led by researchers from Johns Hopkins has developed a computer-based set of rules that more accurately predicts when patients with a rare heart condition might benefit--or not--from lifesaving implanted defibrillators.

28 Mar 2019

Tumor-associated macrophages block activity of chemotherapy drug in pancreatic cancer

A frontline chemotherapy drug given to patients with pancreatic cancer is made less effective because similar compounds released by tumor-associated immune cells block the drug's action, research led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center found.

27 Mar 2019

Synthetic biological logic gate could one day be used to modify cellular function

Genes in living cells are activated - or not - by proteins called transcription factors. The mechanisms by which these proteins activate certain genes and deactivate others play a fundamental role in many biological processes.

26 Mar 2019

Understanding genetic interactions holds key to new personalized therapies

When the Human Genome Project was completed, in 2003, it opened the door to a radical new idea of health - that of personalized medicine, in which disease risk and appropriate treatment would be gleaned from one's genetic makeup.

25 Mar 2019

City of Hope receives $7.5 million in grant awards to study cutaneous T cell lymphoma

City of Hope recently received $7.5 million in grant awards to study a rare type of blood cancer that affects the skin: cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

21 Mar 2019

TGen and ABL sign agreement to distribute new TB test technology

n an important step toward eradicating tuberculosis, the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has signed a licensing agreement with an international biomedical firm, Advanced Biological Laboratories, to market and distribute TGen's patented Next Generation Sequencing-based TB test technology.

19 Mar 2019

Latest advances and perspectives of all AI types used in pharmaceutical R&D

The advances in Artificial intelligence have successfully propagated into the many areas such as computer vision, speech recognition, and natural language processing.

19 Mar 2019

First African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative launched to close the gap in health disparities

The nation's first African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative, aimed at ensuring that genomic research and neuroscience studies are representative of individuals across all populations including African ancestry, launched today.

19 Mar 2019

Access to real-time genotype data influences prescriber behavior after PCI

Today, in a late-breaking featured clinical research session at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2018, researchers from Penn Medicine present first-of-its-kind data on the impact of real-time CYP2C19 genotype results when prescribing antiplatelet drugs in the clinic.

13 Mar 2019

Novel biosensor can isolate and target leukemic stem cells

All stem cells can multiply, proliferate and differentiate. Because of these qualities, leukemic stem cells are the most malignant of all leukemic cells. Understanding how leukemic stem cells are regulated has become an important area of cancer research.

12 Mar 2019

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Discovery of biomarkers could lead to new, better treatment options for heart disease

High Throughput Nucleic Acid Purification Simplified

Biologists analyze available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors

Study of MS patients shows 18% were given wrong diagnoses

Embryo selection for IVF can be optimized using artificial intelligence technique

DBS improves patients' cognitive control by increasing power of brain rhythms

Myriad Women’s Health to present two new studies highlighting performance of its prenatal tests

Photonics-based tiny device could one day play key role in personalized medicine

Scientists identify biomarkers to predict risk of atrial fibrillation

New Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health launched at Mount Sinai

New computer program predicts risk of life-threatening arrhythmias

Tumor-associated macrophages block activity of chemotherapy drug in pancreatic cancer

Synthetic biological logic gate could one day be used to modify cellular function

Understanding genetic interactions holds key to new personalized therapies

City of Hope receives $7.5 million in grant awards to study cutaneous T cell lymphoma

TGen and ABL sign agreement to distribute new TB test technology

Latest advances and perspectives of all AI types used in pharmaceutical R&D

First African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative launched to close the gap in health disparities

Access to real-time genotype data influences prescriber behavior after PCI

Novel biosensor can isolate and target leukemic stem cells

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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