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Artificial intelligence can accurately predict prognosis of ovarian cancer patients

The artificial intelligence software, created by researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Melbourne, has been able to predict the prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer more accurately than current methods. It can also predict what treatment would be most effective for patients following diagnosis.

15 Feb 2019

Women fare worse than men following aortic heart surgery, study finds

New research says women fare worse than men following aortic heart surgery.

14 Feb 2019

Breakthrough test developed to measure pain

A breakthrough test developed by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers to measure pain in patients could help stem the tide of the opioid crisis in Indiana, and throughout the rest of the nation.

14 Feb 2019

New machine learning method predicts if atypical ductal hyperplasia will turn cancerous

Atypical ductal hyperplasia is a breast lesion associated with a four- to five-fold increase in the risk of breast cancer.

13 Feb 2019

Human brain protein linked with autism has an effect on fruit fly behavior

A mutant gene that encodes a brain protein in a child with autism has been placed into the brains of fruit flies. Fruit flies hosting that gene produce the variant human brain protein and show abnormal behaviors of fear, repetitive activity and altered social interaction, reminiscent of autism impairments.

12 Feb 2019

New technique uses acoustic waves to measure the stiffness of living cells

MIT engineers have devised a new, noninvasive way to measure the stiffness of living cells using acoustic waves. Their technique allows them to monitor single cells over several generations and investigate how stiffness changes as cells go through the cell division cycle.

11 Feb 2019

When genomic sequencing fails to diagnose a rare disease

Routine sequencing has given unprecedented insight into the genetics of rare diseases, but genomics fails to diagnose up to half of patients who are tested. That's the problem German scientists tackled in a recent study in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.

11 Feb 2019

Targeting aging process itself can lead to better and more effective interventions

Medical care for older adults has long focused on preventing and treating chronic diseases and the conditions that come with them.

11 Feb 2019

New simulations offer insights on vital atomic-scale drug-cardiac cells interactions

To unravel the mysterious mechanisms of drug potency for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, a group of researchers at UC Davis have developed novel simulations that provide insights on vital atomic-scale drug-cardiac cells interactions.

8 Feb 2019

Cloning-free Nested CRISPR uses long DNA fragments for efficient gene editing

CRISPR is a technique that is revolutionizing biomedical research through high-precision genome editing. However, even though it allows the creation or correction of mutations consisting of a single or few nucleotides with relative ease, it still possesses limitations upon introducing larger fragments of DNA in the genome.

8 Feb 2019

Researchers reveal novel computational tool used to analyze genetic variation

The field of genetic sequencing has undergone a dramatic revolution over the past 20 years. In 2001 the first copy of the three billion base pairs that assemble the human genome was published.

8 Feb 2019

Simulation model to find the most optimal cancer treatment

In ten years, computers will be able to propose the most suitable cancer treatment for you. The idea is to simulate how all possible combinations of existing cancer treatments will work on your particular tumor.

6 Feb 2019

New breakthrough study can impact drug development and personalized medicine

A breakthrough for brain tumor drug development and personalized medicine published today in Nature Scientific Reports.

6 Feb 2019

Powerful immune molecule silences barrel to protect transplanted organs from rejection

A powerful immune molecule helps protect transplanted organs from rejection by putting a silencer on two other immune molecules that converge to take a direct shot at the organ, scientists report.

5 Feb 2019

Researchers uncover how the immune system protects from bowel cancer

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a protective mechanism which is used by the body to protect intestinal stem cells from turning cancerous.

31 Jan 2019

Researchers call for industry standards to help improve high-throughput genomic sequencing

Researchers from the George Washington University, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and industry leaders published in PLOS Biology, describing a standardized communication method for researchers performing high-throughput sequencing called BioCompute.

31 Jan 2019

First precision medicine trial in lung cancer expands to include more patients

The Lung Cancer Master Protocol, the first precision medicine trial in lung cancer supported by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, is undergoing a major expansion to include patients with all non-small cell lung cancers -- which make up about 85 percent of all lung cancer diagnoses in the U.S.

29 Jan 2019

New precision medicine treatment for bone cancer in dogs opens door for human clinical trials

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at the University of Missouri have helped advance a patient-specific, precision medicine treatment for bone cancer in dogs.

29 Jan 2019

New drug compounds show promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers have been struggling for years to find a treatment for patients who have a recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer that is one of the most lethal cancers. About 19,520 news cases are diagnosed a year, and about 10,670 people a year die from it, according to the American Cancer Society.

29 Jan 2019

New approach identifies epigenetic changes in leukemia cells for patients undergoing ibrutinib treatment

Many new anti-cancer drugs inhibit proteins that are essential for the proliferation of cancer cells. One example is ibrutinib, an innovative therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia first approved in 2014.

29 Jan 2019

Precision Medicine News and Research

Artificial intelligence can accurately predict prognosis of ovarian cancer patients

Women fare worse than men following aortic heart surgery, study finds

Breakthrough test developed to measure pain

New machine learning method predicts if atypical ductal hyperplasia will turn cancerous

Human brain protein linked with autism has an effect on fruit fly behavior

New technique uses acoustic waves to measure the stiffness of living cells

When genomic sequencing fails to diagnose a rare disease

Targeting aging process itself can lead to better and more effective interventions

New simulations offer insights on vital atomic-scale drug-cardiac cells interactions

Cloning-free Nested CRISPR uses long DNA fragments for efficient gene editing

Researchers reveal novel computational tool used to analyze genetic variation

Simulation model to find the most optimal cancer treatment

New breakthrough study can impact drug development and personalized medicine

Powerful immune molecule silences barrel to protect transplanted organs from rejection

Researchers uncover how the immune system protects from bowel cancer

Researchers call for industry standards to help improve high-throughput genomic sequencing

First precision medicine trial in lung cancer expands to include more patients

New precision medicine treatment for bone cancer in dogs opens door for human clinical trials

New drug compounds show promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia

New approach identifies epigenetic changes in leukemia cells for patients undergoing ibrutinib treatment

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