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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

Review paper on transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment

In a paper published in the September/December 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Rutgers University Department of Biomedicine Engineering have published a review paper on the transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine (PPM) for cancer treatment.

29 Jan 2019

Precision Medicine News and Research

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

Review paper on transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment

Annual RegenMed SA Conference to focus on future of stem cells

Study identifies new genetic variant associated with ARDS

Discovery could guide future treatments for patients with hypertension

Novel therapeutic approach for treatment of leukemia

Newly developed algorithms can predict and correct errors in single cell analyses

Training heart cells in culture to mimic human cardiac tissue

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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