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Researchers highlight need for ethnic and ancestral diversity in large-scale genomic studies

A new multicenter analysis led by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and other institutions found the inclusion of diverse, multiethnic populations in large-scale genomic studies is critical for reducing health disparities and accurately representing genetics-related disease risks in all populations.

20 Jun 2019

Researchers identify new clues on tissue damage in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus

Research supported by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus provides new insights into tissue damage for these autoimmune conditions.

19 Jun 2019

Henry Ford Cancer Institute treats its first patient with CAR T-cell therapy

Henry Ford Cancer Institute has treated its first patient with CAR T-cell therapy, an approach that uses engineered cells from a patient's immune system to destroy cancer.

18 Jun 2019

Researchers propose new model for studying age-related cognitive decline

People are living longer than ever before, but brain health isn't keeping up. To tackle this critical problem, a team of researchers has proposed a new model for studying age-related cognitive decline - one that's tailored to the individual.

18 Jun 2019

Passive cavitation imaging can estimate a drug’s dose and location in the brain

An ultrasound imaging technique called passive cavitation imaging was able to create an image and estimate the amount of a drug that crossed the blood-brain barrier to reach a specific location in the brain, according to a study by NIBIB-funded bioengineers at Washington University.

18 Jun 2019

Urinary DKK3 can improve prediction of AKI

A new renal biomarker was presented at the ERA-EDTA Congress last year: that shows that urinary DKK3 might help to identify patients who are at risk of progressive chronic kidney disease.

17 Jun 2019

Study focuses on the recurrence of developmental disorder in future pregnancies

Having a child with a developmental disorder can cause parents to worry about the outcome of further pregnancies.

17 Jun 2019

New radiation technique shows promise for treating patients with essential tremor

Tyrus Agee thought his promising new career was doomed. He had only one year left to finish his Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry.

16 Jun 2019

Heart failure drug could be effective in treating leukemia

Canadian researchers followed their intuition that a drug initially intended for heart failure could be effective in treating cancer. Those efforts have borne fruit, as demonstrated by their work published in the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research.

13 Jun 2019

Researchers develop first blood-brain barrier chip using stem cells

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles have, for the first time, duplicated a patient's blood-brain barrier, creating a human BBB chip with stem cells, which can be used to develop personalized medicine and new techniques to research brain disorders.

13 Jun 2019

Polygenic risk scores based on entire genome sequence may reliably predict heart disease

Specialized risk scores derived from testing that calculates the cumulative effect of an individual's entire DNA sequence, the genome, may reliably predict heart disease in people who have not yet had a heart attack, according to new research in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, an American Heart Association journal.

11 Jun 2019

Researchers succeed in conquering chronic infection with hepatitis B virus

Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich, working in collaboration with researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and the University Hospital Heidelberg, have for the first time succeeded in conquering a chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus in a mouse model.

11 Jun 2019

Precision Medicine News and Research

Researchers highlight need for ethnic and ancestral diversity in large-scale genomic studies

Researchers identify new clues on tissue damage in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus

Henry Ford Cancer Institute treats its first patient with CAR T-cell therapy

Researchers propose new model for studying age-related cognitive decline

Passive cavitation imaging can estimate a drug’s dose and location in the brain

Urinary DKK3 can improve prediction of AKI

Study focuses on the recurrence of developmental disorder in future pregnancies

New radiation technique shows promise for treating patients with essential tremor

Heart failure drug could be effective in treating leukemia

Researchers develop first blood-brain barrier chip using stem cells

Polygenic risk scores based on entire genome sequence may reliably predict heart disease

Researchers succeed in conquering chronic infection with hepatitis B virus

Study suggests therapeutic solutions for pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration

Bridging the Gaps to Advance Research in the Cannabis Industry

Blink and you miss it: Imaging single cells travelling at the speed of Usain Bolt

Scientists highlight advances and uses of organoids in gastroenterology and hepatology

Early genome catastrophes can lead to development of lung cancer in non-smokers

Newly discovered mechanism of enzyme links circadian clock and fat metabolism

Initial findings from the Human Microbiome Project sparked ‘hundreds of subsequent studies’

Researchers develop new technology for extracting cell development branching time

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

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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