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Researchers suggest new therapeutic target for brain tumor

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas — the most common form of brain tumor — suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy.

28 Aug 2013

FDA categorizes Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF test as 'Moderate Complexity' under CLIA

Cepheid today announced the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has categorized Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF test as 'Moderate Complexity' under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments.

28 Aug 2013

URI professor studies rare hereditary disorder Fanconi anemia in children

When 2-year-old Logan Stevenson served as best man at his parents' wedding just days before he died of a rare genetic disorder, it drew international attention to a disease about which few people had ever heard. Hearing about Logan's story added another level of urgency to the research being conducted by University of Rhode Island Associate Professor Niall Howlett.

28 Aug 2013

UTHealth researchers find cause for rare type of bleeding disorder

Fifteen years ago, a hematologist came to Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., with a puzzle: Multiple generations of an East Texas family suffered from a moderately severe bleeding disorder, but it wasn't hemophilia.

28 Aug 2013

Study shows genetic test to classify gastric cancers and match them to therapies offer best outcomes

Stomach cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death worldwide, actually falls into three broad subtypes that respond differently to currently available therapies, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

28 Aug 2013

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Joslin scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Italian research institutes, have identified a previously unknown genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetic patients.

28 Aug 2013

'Helper cells' improve survival rate of transplanted stem cells, finds study

Like volunteers handing out cups of energy drinks to marathon runners, specially engineered "helper cells" transplanted along with stem cells can dole out growth factors to increase the stem cells' endurance, at least briefly, Johns Hopkins researchers report.

28 Aug 2013

Researchers identify genetic locus associated with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetes patients

Researchers have identified a previously unknown genetic locus (the place a gene occupies on a chromosome) significantly associated with increased coronary heart disease risk among patients with type 2 diabetes, but the association was not found in individuals without diabetes, according to a study in the August 28 issue of JAMA.

28 Aug 2013

Researchers find specific protein in nearly all high-grade meningiomas

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas -- the most common form of brain tumor -- suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy.

28 Aug 2013

Haplogen, Cemm Offer Huge Collection Of Mutant Cell Lines

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27 Aug 2013

Haplogen, Cemm Offer Huge Collection Of Mutant Cell Lines

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27 Aug 2013

Sigma Life Science releases genome editing tool for screening and exploratory studies

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation today announced that Sigma Life Science, its innovative biological products and services business, released Sigma CRISPRs, an inexpensive mammalian genome editing tool suitable for screening and exploratory studies.

27 Aug 2013

ASO may correct striatal transcriptional abnormalities and improve behavioral problems in HD mice

Findings from postmortem studies of the brains of Huntington's Disease (HD) patients suggest that transcriptional dysregulation may be an early step in the pathogenesis of HD before symptoms appear. Other studies report transcriptional alterations in the brains of some mouse models of HD.

27 Aug 2013

Comprehensive test of biomarkers have prognostic and diagnostic value in Parkinson's disease

Perelman School of Medicine researchers at the University of Pennsylvania report the first biomarker results reported from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), showing that a comprehensive test of protein biomarkers in spinal fluid have prognostic and diagnostic value in early stages of Parkinson's disease.

27 Aug 2013

Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Researchers suggest new therapeutic target for brain tumor

FDA categorizes Cepheid's Xpert MTB/RIF test as 'Moderate Complexity' under CLIA

URI professor studies rare hereditary disorder Fanconi anemia in children

UTHealth researchers find cause for rare type of bleeding disorder

Study shows genetic test to classify gastric cancers and match them to therapies offer best outcomes

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

'Helper cells' improve survival rate of transplanted stem cells, finds study

Researchers identify genetic locus associated with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetes patients

Researchers find specific protein in nearly all high-grade meningiomas

Haplogen, Cemm Offer Huge Collection Of Mutant Cell Lines

Haplogen, Cemm Offer Huge Collection Of Mutant Cell Lines

Sigma Life Science releases genome editing tool for screening and exploratory studies

ASO may correct striatal transcriptional abnormalities and improve behavioral problems in HD mice

Comprehensive test of biomarkers have prognostic and diagnostic value in Parkinson's disease

HIV-infected people who carry gene face greater risk of contracting cryptococcal disease

TSRI scientists find way to use new DNA-editing technology for DNA sequencing

UAB study points to protein pathway that could lead to new treatments for diabetes

Researchers make significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis

Sangamo BioSciences signs definitive agreement to buy Ceregene

Two Genomic Pathways Tagged For Roles In Schizophrenia

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