Category Archives: Genetic Medicine

Checks for predisposition to disease are now common, but so are fears for what might come next, says Richard Gray        Source:http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568638/s/2c1c9c86/l/0L0Stelegraph0O0Chealth0C10A0A657230CWhere0Eis0Egenetic0Etesting0Etaking0Eus0Bhtml/story01.htm

Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is making headlines this week not because of her film roles or relationship with Brad Pitt, but for her decision to undergo a double mastectomy to dramatically reduce her risk of breast cancer. Local breast … Continue reading →

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Sudler & Hennessey, one of the leading global healthcare communication agencies, announces an agreement between Sudler's eHealth Group and NextGxDx, an online genetic …Source:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sudlers-ehealth-group-signs-agreement-195100604.html

New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Liverpool, UK, shows that while the FTO genetic variation predicts weight gain over 10 years in men, a different variation on the MMP2 gene predicts weight gain in … Continue reading →

Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of “bad” cholesterol. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs to reduce the risk of heart disease…Source:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260615.php

DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? A new report online in the Cell Press journal Trends in Genetics identifies a number … Continue reading →

A clinical trial has shown that patients, and their physicians, are eager to jump into next-era cancer care – analysis of an individual’s tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer. Results of the study, CUSTOM, are … Continue reading →

Continuous infusion of a novel agent not only halted the progression of Ewing sarcoma in rats, while some tumors also regressed to the point that cancer cells could not be detected microscopically, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center…Source:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260596.php

Animals, insects, and plants use a variety of sensing mechanisms to detect invading pathogens such as viruses. One complex and effective antiviral defense system they share is based on recognition of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), often produced when a virus invades … Continue reading →

Scientists push back against recent American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics recommendations, and offer compelling reasons why patient autonomy must remain firmly in place as science advances.Source:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130516142545.htm

( University of Minnesota ) In a paper to be published in Science May 16 online ahead of print, authors Susan M. Wolf, J.D. (University of Minnesota), George J. Annas, J.D., M.P.H. (Boston University), and Sherman Elias, M.D. (Northwestern University) … Continue reading →

A small ensemble of musicians can produce an infinite number of melodies, harmonies and rhythms. So too, do a handful of workhorse signaling pathways that interact to construct multiple structures that comprise the vertebrate body…Source:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260565.php

Labs around the world, and a core group at Penn, have been studying recently described populations of immune cells called innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). Some researchers liken them to foot soldiers that protect boundary tissues such as the skin, the … Continue reading →

When cells suffer too much DNA damage, they are usually forced to undergo programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, cancer cells often ignore these signals, flourishing even after chemotherapy drugs have ravaged their DNA…Source:http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/260555.php

A Queensland researcher says actress Angelina Jolie is a great example of the potential benefits of genetic testing.Source:http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/17190199/dna-sequencing-set-to-become-routine-medicine/

The toxin that causes botulism is the most potent that we know of. Eating an amount of toxin just 1000th the weight of a grain of salt can be fatal, which is why so much effort has been put into … Continue reading →

A GENETIC medicine expert has revealed that a regional breast and ovarian cancer prevention unit set up nearly a decade ago is now seeing 800 new referrals a year.Source:http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10420339.Genetic_medicine_unit_now_seeing_800_new_cases_a_year_in_bid_to_prevent_inherited_cancers/?ref=rss

NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:   Genetic Testing Market Outlook to 2017 http://www.reportlinker.com/p01182998/Genetic-Testing-Market-Outlook-to-2017.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Genomics …Source:http://finance.yahoo.com/news/genetic-testing-market-outlook-2017-121300308.html

A soon-to-be-tested class of drug inhibitors were predicted to help a limited number of patients with B-cell lymphomas with mutations affecting the EZH2 protein. However, a research team, led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College, now report that these … Continue reading →

A study has identified microRNA-155 as a new independent prognostic marker and treatment target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia that has normal-looking chromosomes under the microscope (that is, cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia, or CN-AML). The study was led … Continue reading →

A team of 70 scientists from the U.S., China, Australia and Japan reports having sequenced and annotated the genome of the “sacred lotus,” which is believed to have a powerful genetic system that repairs genetic defects, and may hold secrets … Continue reading →

Actress Angelina Jolie, who carries a mutation in her BRCA1 gene, announced that she has had a double mastectomy. Women who carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a significantly higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. According to … Continue reading →

As part of a new personalized medicine initiative, the University of Maryland Medical Center is offering genetic testing to help doctors determine which medication a patient should take after a stenting procedure in order to prevent blood clots that could … Continue reading →

Findings from the first large-scale sequencing analysis of congenital heart disease bring us closer to understanding this most common type of birth defect. The analysis found that spontaneous, or de novo, mutations affect a specific biological pathway that is critical … Continue reading →