Tuberculosis kills nearly 2 million people annually, and kills more adults than malaria, AIDS, and all tropical diseases combined. TB is the cause of one in four avoidable deaths in the Third World…
Tuberculosis kills nearly 2 million people annually, and kills more adults than malaria, AIDS, and all tropical diseases combined. TB is the cause of one in four avoidable deaths in the Third World…
In the ongoing quest to identify the genetic factors involved in disease, scientists have increasingly turned to genome-wide association studies, or GWAS, which enable the scanning of up to a million genetic markers in thousands of individuals. These studies generally compare the frequency of genetic variants between two groups – those with a particular disease and healthy individuals…
The key to human individuality may lie not in our genes, but in the sequences that surround and control them, according to new research by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Yale University…
Recently, brain researchers have gained a powerful new way to troubleshoot neural circuits associated with depression, Parkinson’s disease and other conditions in small animals such as rats. They use an optogenetics technology, invented at Stanford University, that precisely turns select brain cells on or off with flashes of light. Although useful, the optogenetics tool set has been limited…
Once the human genome was sequenced in 2001, the hunt was on for the genes that make each of us unique. But scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Yale and Stanford Universities in the USA, have found that we differ from each other mainly because of differences not in our genes, but in how they’re regulated turned on or off, for instance…
Scientists report that breast cancer risk assessment models, which predict a woman’s chance of developing breast cancer, do not perform better when they include common inherited genetic variants recently linked to the disease. Therefore, recommendations for breast cancer screening or treatments will remain unchanged for most women…
Scientists have identified a mechanism that switches on an extremely important process for the proper functioning and survival of our body’s cells. Specifically, the fast-track transportation pathway of ‘cargo’ to and from the surface of the cell…
A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes – tiny “magic bullets” that could one day deliver drugs to specific diseased cells. Sleiman explains that the research involves taking DNA out of its biological context…
More than 1600 basic research scientists who study genetic models in Drosophila (fruit flies) are expected to attend the 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, DC, April 7-11, 2010. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMFor the complete program and Schedule of Events, see http://www.drosophila-conf.org/cgi-bin/dros10-cgi/drosSOE.pl…
Fungi have significant potential for “horizontal” gene transfer, a new study has shown, similar to the mechanisms that allow bacteria to evolve so quickly, become resistant to antibiotics and cause other serious problems…
What: To help speed the translation of scientific discoveries into usable treatments in congenital heart disease, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health launched the Bench to Bassinet Program…
NASA scientists analyzing 30 years of satellite data have found that the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching Earth’s surface has increased markedly over the last three decades. Most of the increase has occurred in the mid-and-high latitudes, and there’s been little or no increase in tropical regions. The new analysis shows, for example, that at one line of latitude – 32…
Pathway Genomics Inc., a U.S. based genetic testing company, responded to research released at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting that found that the number of hospitalizations for heart patients taking warfarin, the world’s most-prescribed blood thinner, dropped by approximately 30 percent when genetic information for the patient was available to doctors prescribing the drug…
The National Foundation for Cancer Research has announced that renowned scientist Peter K. Vogt, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, is the recipient of the 5th Annual Szent-Gyorgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research. Dr…
Increased understanding of the Skp2 gene and its relation to cellular senescence may lead to the development of novel agents that can suppress tumor development in common types of cancer, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center report in the journal Nature…
After much urging from personalized medicine stakeholders for the federal government to create a registry of clinical and analytical specifications for marketed genetic tests, the National Institutes of Health announced this week that it would develop such a database.
After much urging from personalized medicine stakeholders for the federal government to create a registry of clinical and analytical specifications for marketed genetic tests, the National Institutes of Health announced this week that it would develop such a database.
Title: Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 3/17/2010 6:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 3/18/2010
Title: Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 3/17/2010 6:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 3/18/2010
GenVault Corporation announced that Berkeley HeartLab, a subsidiary of Celera Corporation (Nasdaq: CRA), has adopted GenTegra DNA to preserve and store diagnostic samples for genetic testing related to the management of cardiovascular disease…
I hold in my hot little hands a copy of the NEJM, March 18th edition. In it there is an article which isn’t even released yet.
I have been harping on this say what you mean. Say what you do. Theme lately.
Next time you leave your computer station or close the lid of your laptop think about this: your mouse and keyboard are covered in hand bacteria that could be traced back to you, according to a new US study that suggests the unique bacterial communities we leave behind on objects we have handled may one day sit alongside DNA and fingerprints as part of the forensic tool…
A review of published articles on gene expression-based prognostic signatures in lung cancer revealed little evidence that any of the signatures are ready for clinical use. Serious problems in the design and analysis of the studies were also found. The review was published online March 16, 2010 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute…