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New color-changing tattoos can monitor glucose levels and other metabolites in real-time

Scientists in Germany have developed an intradermal tattoo that changes color in response to fluctuations in glucose, albumin, and pH levels.

23 Jul 2019

Abbott launches STARLIMS Life Sciences Solution 11.1 to help manage complex workflows

Abbott announced the launch of a laboratory information management system, STARLIMS Life Sciences Solution 11.1, to help manage complex sample and testing workflows, as well as help drive data safety and integrity throughout the entire lifecycle.

From Abbott Laboratories Inc. 19 Jul 2019

Research opens possibility of developing single-dose gene therapy for inherited arrhythmias

Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital report creating the first human tissue model of an inherited heart arrhythmia, replicating two patients' abnormal heart rhythms in a dish, and then suppressing the arrhythmia with gene therapy in a mouse model.

17 Jul 2019

IT Faces the Digital Pathology Data Tsunami

Digital pathology is the viewing, analyzing, and managing of digitalized pathology slides with computer technology.

From Huron Technologies 17 Jul 2019

Fungal infection study identifies specific genetic vulnerability among Hmong people

Ten years ago, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, 55 people were sickened by an uncommon fungal infection called blastomycosis. Thirty patients were hospitalized. Two people died.

16 Jul 2019

Revolutionary gene replacement surgery restores vision in patients with retinal degeneration

More than a year after becoming one of the first medical institutions nationally to complete a revolutionary gene replacement surgery to restore vision in patients with retinal degeneration, surgeons at the of The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have successfully completed the procedure on an additional 13 patients.

14 Jul 2019

How cell-free DNA can be targeted to prevent spread of tumors

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is DNA found in trace amounts in blood, which has escaped degradation by enzymes.

12 Jul 2019

Traveling can also change the makeup of a person's gut

Traveling abroad for the summer can change a person's perspective--and it can also change the makeup of his gut.

9 Jul 2019

New research uncovers mechanism behind the newest generation of cancer drugs

New research that uncovers the mechanism behind the newest generation of cancer drugs is opening the door for better targeted therapy.

9 Jul 2019

Researchers use artificial intelligence to predict molecular classification of colorectal cancer

Treating physicians need information about the molecular subtype of the tumor if they are to provide targeted therapy for colorectal carcinoma.

4 Jul 2019

Study: Treatment of psychosis can be targeted to specific genetic mutation

Treatment of psychosis can be targeted to a specific genetic mutation in patients with psychotic disorders, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier.

4 Jul 2019

IU-connected startup working to enable precision medicine for mental health issues, chronic pain

A new startup company founded on science developed at Indiana University is working to enable precision medicine by commercializing the first objective tests for mental health issues, including suicide risk, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, and for pain, all of which historically have been difficult to measure for patients and health care providers alike.

2 Jul 2019

Study highlights need to consider patient's weight before prescribing new cancer drugs

A new class of cancer drugs just now entering the marketplace seems promising so far, but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago urge doctors to take into account a patient's weight and liver status before prescribing them once they come on the market.

2 Jul 2019

Columbia study aims to understand barriers to inclusion of ethnic minorities in genetic research

Precision medicine represents a revolution in health care. Doctors and researchers may soon be able to use the genetic profiles of patients to predict with great accuracy which treatment and prevention protocols will work for them.

2 Jul 2019

3D breast tumor models may improve drug discovery and testing

Dr. Hossein Tavana, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Akron, has received a grant of $1.13 million from the prestigious National Cancer Institute to further develop 3D tumor models of triple-negative breast cancer -- which may improve drug testing and lead to the discovery of new, more effective anticancer drugs.

2 Jul 2019

Gene mutation discovery leads to novel treatment for patient with severe lymphatic condition

Faced with a preteen boy in pain and struggling to breathe from a severe, deteriorating rare condition, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia identified the responsible gene mutation and harnessed that knowledge to develop a novel treatment that dramatically improved the problem.

2 Jul 2019

Precision Medicine News and Research

New color-changing tattoos can monitor glucose levels and other metabolites in real-time

Abbott launches STARLIMS Life Sciences Solution 11.1 to help manage complex workflows

Research opens possibility of developing single-dose gene therapy for inherited arrhythmias

IT Faces the Digital Pathology Data Tsunami

Fungal infection study identifies specific genetic vulnerability among Hmong people

Revolutionary gene replacement surgery restores vision in patients with retinal degeneration

How cell-free DNA can be targeted to prevent spread of tumors

Traveling can also change the makeup of a person's gut

New research uncovers mechanism behind the newest generation of cancer drugs

Researchers use artificial intelligence to predict molecular classification of colorectal cancer

Study: Treatment of psychosis can be targeted to specific genetic mutation

IU-connected startup working to enable precision medicine for mental health issues, chronic pain

Study highlights need to consider patient's weight before prescribing new cancer drugs

Columbia study aims to understand barriers to inclusion of ethnic minorities in genetic research

3D breast tumor models may improve drug discovery and testing

Gene mutation discovery leads to novel treatment for patient with severe lymphatic condition

Sandia researchers uncover personalized medicine software vulnerability

Population-scale DNA test could make personalized medicine effective and affordable for all

Study solves mysteries of complex microRNA oncogenes

Personalizing Nutritional Medicine With the Power of NMR

Event guide: The 4th Precision Medicine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Summit eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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