Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Trophos' olesoxime shows beneficial effect on maintaining motor function in SMA patients

Trophos today announces that top-line results from a pivotal clinical trial of its lead product candidate olesoxime in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) show a beneficial effect on the maintenance of motor function in SMA patients. If approved, olesoxime could be the first treatment specifically developed for SMA patients.

10 Mar 2014

WuXi Genome Center buys Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system

Illumina, Inc. and WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device R&D outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced that the WuXi Genome Center has purchased an Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system.

From Illumina, Inc. 10 Mar 2014

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years, according a doctoral thesis published at the University of Eastern Finland. The results showed that those who ate the healthiest diet at the average age of 50 had an almost 90 per cent lower risk of dementia in a 14-year follow-up study than those whose diet was the least healthy.

10 Mar 2014

Study: Stem cell transplant effective in halting degenerative disc disease of spine

Stem cell transplant was viable and effective in halting or reversing degenerative disc disease of the spine, a meta-analysis of animal studies showed, in a development expected to open up research in humans.

10 Mar 2014

Researchers seek to understand causes of premature birth with support from March of Dimes

Five researchers seeking to understand the causes of premature birth with the goal of identifying women at risk of preterm labor and developing new treatments to prevent it have been awarded grant support from the March of Dimes.

10 Mar 2014

Researchers find that protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells

For the first time, researchers have shown that an essential biological process known as protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells - something scientists have long struggled to accomplish. The groundbreaking findings from the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) also demonstrate that the precise amount of protein produced by blood-forming stem cells is crucial to their function.

10 Mar 2014

New theory regarding cause and development of endometriosis

Changes to two previously unstudied genes are the centerpiece of a new theory regarding the cause and development of endometriosis, a chronic and painful disease affecting 1 in 10 women.

10 Mar 2014

Takeda works with UCL to drive research into tackling muscle disorders

Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda will work with University College London (UCL) to drive research into tackling muscle disorders, in particular muscular dystrophy.

10 Mar 2014

Mutations in gene associated with leukaemia may affect growth, intellectual development in children

Mutations in a gene associated with leukaemia cause a newly described condition that affects growth and intellectual development in children, new research reports.

10 Mar 2014

Tissue analysis near tumors holds promise for earlier detection, new treatments

Seemingly healthy cells may in fact hide clues that lung cancer will later develop, according to a study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The research is published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

9 Mar 2014

FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against glioblastoma

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against the most aggressive form of primary brain cancer, glioblastoma. The finding was published in this week's online edition of Oncotarget.

8 Mar 2014

Mechanism for pesticide effect on PD risk uncovered

Some pesticides may contribute to Parkinson’s disease risk by inhibiting neuronal aldehyde dehydrogenase activity, a study suggests.

7 Mar 2014

STSI releases Scripps Wellderly Genome Resource to explore genetic cause for certain illness

Scientists exploring the genetic causes of illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, cancer and diabetes now have a new tool - a reference DNA dataset built by researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI).

7 Mar 2014

Agendia co-founder to be honored with 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators

Agendia co-founder Laura van 't Veer, Ph.D., will receive a 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators in ceremonies next Monday. Dr. van 't Veer, of the Netherlands, is the inventor of Agendia's MammaPrint® breast cancer test.

7 Mar 2014

Scientists throw light on genetic mutation that causes particularly severe genetic disease ARVC5

The genetic disease ARVC leads to sudden cardiac death and is more common than it has been hitherto assumed. This is reported by an international team of researchers headed by Prof Dr Hendrik Milting from the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW in the "European Heart Journal".

7 Mar 2014

TAZ gene represents potential target for drug therapies to treat aggressive types of breast cancer

Significance: Understanding more about how the different types of cells in breast tissue develop improves our knowledge of breast cancer. TAZ represents a potential new target for drug therapies to treat aggressive types of breast cancer.

7 Mar 2014

Medicaid expansion: With Arkansas 'private' plan authorized for another year, officials now focus on possible fixes

After surviving an effort earlier this week to defund it, supporters of the state's private option are now working on alterations that will smooth its future. Meanwhile, the back-and-forth over whether to pursue the expansion continues in Virginia and Utah.

7 Mar 2014

Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Trophos' olesoxime shows beneficial effect on maintaining motor function in SMA patients

WuXi Genome Center buys Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system

Healthy dietary choices in midlife may prevent dementia in later years

Study: Stem cell transplant effective in halting degenerative disc disease of spine

Researchers seek to understand causes of premature birth with support from March of Dimes

Researchers find that protein synthesis can be studied in adult stem cells

New theory regarding cause and development of endometriosis

Takeda works with UCL to drive research into tackling muscle disorders

Mutations in gene associated with leukaemia may affect growth, intellectual development in children

Tissue analysis near tumors holds promise for earlier detection, new treatments

FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against glioblastoma

Mechanism for pesticide effect on PD risk uncovered

STSI releases Scripps Wellderly Genome Resource to explore genetic cause for certain illness

Agendia co-founder to be honored with 2014 European Union Prize for Women Innovators

Scientists throw light on genetic mutation that causes particularly severe genetic disease ARVC5

TAZ gene represents potential target for drug therapies to treat aggressive types of breast cancer

Medicaid expansion: With Arkansas 'private' plan authorized for another year, officials now focus on possible fixes

Molecular subtyping determines breast cancer patients at high risk of disease recurrence

New findings shed light on how gene mutation causes motor neurone disease

Inflammation and stress combine in bipolar and schizophrenia subtypes

eBook: Using iPSCs models for human disease research and drug discovery eBook

Decoding Cannabis: Differentiating Hemp and Marijuana

Deciphering the Microbiome with The Microsetta Initiative

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research