Archive: 17/11/2016

Large-scale cancer gene profiling is feasible but faces barriers

Researchers leading the largest genomic tumor profiling effort of its kind say such studies are technically feasible in a broad population of adult and pediatric patients with many different types of cancer, and that some ...

Nov 17, 2016

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Discovery opens door to new Alzheimer's treatments

Australian researchers have shed new light on the nerve cell processes that lead to Alzheimer's disease (AD), overturning previously held ideas of how the disease develops and opening the door to new treatment options that ...

Nov 17, 2016

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Genetically engineered T cells render HIV's harpoon powerless

When HIV attacks a T cell, it attaches itself to the cell's surface and launches a "harpoon" to create an opening to enter and infect the cells. To stop the invasion, researchers from the Penn Center for AIDS Research at ...

Nov 17, 2016

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Knowing your fitness number predicts your risk for future ill health

It is well known that individuals who are unfit are at substantially greater risk for lifestyle-related diseases and premature death. Despite its high value in assessment of risk, fitness is not routinely measured in clinical ...

Nov 17, 2016

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Study reveals new information on how brain cancer spreads

Glioblastoma multiforme remains the most common and highly lethal brain cancer and is known for its ability to relapse. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a pathway by which cancer ...

Nov 17, 2016

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Scientists advance a novel urine test to predict high-risk cervical cancer

Johns Hopkins Medicine specialists report they have developed a urine test for the likely emergence of cervical cancer that is highly accurate compared to other tests based on genetic markers derived directly from cervical ...

Nov 17, 2016

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Insurers use high drug costs to deter some Obamacare patients, economist says

An economist at The University of Texas at Austin will brief members of Congress on how insurers are using high out-of-pocket prescription drug costs to deter certain chronically ill patients from joining their plans in the ...

Nov 17, 2016

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The cell of origin in childhood brain tumors affects susceptibility to therapy

Children that are diagnosed with the severe the brain tumour malignant glioma often have a very poor prognosis. Knowledge about how pediatric malignant glioma arises and develops is still limited. New findings from Uppsala ...

Nov 17, 2016

ACMG issues new recommendations for reporting secondary findings in genomic sequencing

In order to promote standardized reporting of medically actionable information from clinical genomic sequencing, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) in 2013, published a minimum list of genes to be ...

Nov 17, 2016

Researchers examine how drug policy impacts HIV vulnerability among African-Americans

Although HIV rates are higher among the African American community compared to the White population, research shows that engagement in risky behaviors does not fully account for these differences.

Nov 17, 2016

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