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Arrayit joins federal government to help control health care costs through early diagnosis of diseases

5. November 2009 07:45
Arrayit Corporation is pleased to join the federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs through early diagnosis of diseases. [More]

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Scientists identify molecular disparity between iPS cells and embryonic stem cells

5. November 2009 03:21
The same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are also changed in stem cells that scientists derive from adult cells, according to new research from Johns Hopkins and Harvard. [More]

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Arrayit Corporation joins federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs

2. November 2009 08:05
Arrayit Corporation is pleased to join the federal government in their efforts to help control health care costs by leveraging Arrayit's leading edge health care platform. [More]

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Applications of pharmacogenomics in drug development

28. October 2009 06:17
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Reportlinker Adds Pharmacogenomics: Delivering on the Promise [More]

SuperGen and GSK team up to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets

26. October 2009 06:35
SuperGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUPG) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) have entered into a multi-year collaboration to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets. [More]

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Enzo Biochem to release a new catalog dealing with epigenetics and chromatin modification

15. October 2009 09:02
Enzo Biochem, Inc. today said that its Life Sciences subsidiary will release a new catalog dealing with “Epigenetics & Chromatin Modification” at the Society for Neuroscience’s, Neuroscience 2009 conference, beginning October 17, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. [More]

Orion Genomics enters collaboration and license agreement with Novartis Pharma

12. October 2009 08:40
Orion Genomics today announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration and license agreement with the molecular diagnostics unit of Novartis Pharma AG. Under the collaboration, the parties seek to discover novel epigenetic biomarkers, and both parties have rights to independently develop and commercialize diagnostic products in their respective fields. [More]

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AACR to host its first Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting

12. October 2009 05:14
The American Association for Cancer Research will host its first Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting in Boston from Oct. 8-11, 2009. The meeting is expected to draw nearly 500 leading scientists to present on high-profile topics like epigenetics, metastasis and systems biology, and create synergies among the many subfields of basic science. [More]

Epizyme raises $32 million through its Series B financing

8. October 2009 01:10
Epizyme, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company translating key discoveries in the field of epigenetics into novel pharmaceutical agents, announced today the closing of a $32 million Series B financing led by new investor Bay City Capital (BCC). [More]

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Arizona Heart Institute partners with Arizona Research Center for the advancement of cardiovascular therapies

7. October 2009 08:40
Arizona Heart Institute, a world leading medical facility specializing in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart and vascular disease, and Arizona Research Center, a dedicated provider of clinical research studies, announce a partnership in the advancement of cardiovascular therapies. [More]

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IRSF awards $2M for research into a cure for Rett syndrome

3. October 2009 03:00
The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) announced today that it is awarding grants totaling $2 million to support 18 innovative research projects in 2009. Each project will explore bold new ideas that have the potential to drive the field forward and speed the translation of research into treatments and a cure for Rett syndrome. [More]

Epigentek Group releases SuperSense Methylated DNA Quantification kit

1. October 2009 09:17
Epigentek Group Inc. today announced that it released the SuperSense(TM) Methylated DNA Quantification Kit to complete its line of methylated DNA quantification products. The SuperSense(TM) kit fluorometrically measures global DNA methylation shifts. [More]

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NHGRI and NIMH fund $45 million to establish Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science

29. September 2009 05:23
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), both part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced grants expected to total approximately $45 million to establish new Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as well as to continue support of existing centers at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Southern California. [More]

NIH awards Johns Hopkins Epigenetic Center $16.8M to advance genomics research

29. September 2009 01:54
Johns Hopkins' Center for the Epigenetics of Common Human Disease has been chosen as one of four recipients of a $45 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for Centers of Excellence to advance genomics research. The Hopkins Center will receive $16.8 million over five years. [More]

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NIH to fund grants for epigenetic research

17. September 2009 05:56
The National Institutes of Health announced today that it will fund 22 grants on genome-wide studies of how epigenetic changes -- chemical modifications to genes that result from diet, aging, stress, or environmental exposures -- define and contribute to specific human diseases and biological processes. [More]
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