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Study highlights need for population-specific precision medicine programs in Latin America

Drug safety and effectiveness vary greatly among populations worldwide. Genetics is one of the factors that contribute to variability in drug response.

3 Oct 2018

Researchers decode anti-inflammatory mechanism of vitamin E and its metabolites

Vitamin E's positive effects often fail to manifest themselves as strongly as expected, but sometimes administering vitamin E actually has detrimental effects. An international team has now found a possible cause for this.

3 Oct 2018

Researchers identify genes that could help predict treatment outcomes for parasitic disease

Researchers at the University of York have identified genes in a parasite that could help clinicians predict drug treatment outcomes for patients with visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil.

1 Oct 2018

Engineering organoids from stem cells to model retina diseases

Gray Camp joined the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel as Group Leader in Single Cell Genomics. His group will combine single-cell genomic tools and retina and cerebral "organoids" to explore the development of the human visual system.

28 Sep 2018

BHCGC consortium to play key role in NIH's large-scale effort to advance precision medicine

The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center today announced participation in the National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program, a large-scale effort to advance precision medicine.

27 Sep 2018

NIH-funded genome centers to speed up breakthroughs in precision medicine

The All of Us Research Program awarded funds totaling $28.6 million to establish three genome centers around the country. These centers will begin to generate genomic data from biosamples contributed by the program's participants.

26 Sep 2018

TGen-UNM consortium awarded NIH grant to discover new treatments for diabetic blindness

Diabetes is an increasing global epidemic that is expected to grow by more than 50 percent in the next two decades, leaving more than half a billion patients worldwide exposed to potentially life-altering medical complications, including pain and numbness in the feet, lost limbs, life-threatening disorders of the heart, liver and kidneys -- and even blindness.

26 Sep 2018

NorthShore and Ambry announce launch of new test to assess prostate cancer risk

NorthShore University HealthSystem's Center for Personalized Medicine and Ambry Genetics Corporation, announced today the launch of AmbryScore for prostate cancer risk.

26 Sep 2018

Lancaster professor aims to understand how genes affect smoking cessation

The Canadian Institute of Health Research has awarded $929,475 to Professor Jo Knight of Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster Data Science Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

25 Sep 2018

Cytox, AIBL announce expanded agreement to assess genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

Cytox, a precision medicine company which today is commercializing polygenic risk scoring approaches for assessing genetic risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases, has announced it has expanded its research collaboration with the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing to test new algorithms for identifying the pre-symptomatic and mild cognitively impaired people most at risk to progress to AD.

24 Sep 2018

Obese pregnant women can restrict weight gain safely with proper nutrition guidance

Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother and child. Obstetricians are often reluctant to recommend restricted weight gain for pregnant women due to safety concerns for the baby and lack of time and tools to safely guide women in their weight control efforts.

24 Sep 2018

ALSAM Foundation invests additional $2 million for drug discovery and development projects

The ALSAM Foundation recently invested an additional $2 million to continue the Therapeutic Innovation Grants Program at the CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

20 Sep 2018

Cancer Research UK invests £14 million to transform London into cancer biotherapeutics hub

The city of London will be transformed into a world leading hub for cancer biotherapeutics research and treatment, with a new £14 million investment from Cancer Research UK, announced today (Monday).

19 Sep 2018

TGen and PNOC take part in launch of NIH-supported Kids First Data Resource Portal

As part of a national initiative to solve children's diseases, the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium are participating in the launch of the Kids First Data Resource Portal, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health .

19 Sep 2018

Henry Ford Health System receives $600k grant to study genetic makeup of gliomas

Henry Ford Health System's Department of Neurosurgery was awarded a $600,000 grant by the Department of Defense to study the genetic makeup of gliomas, a type of brain cancer, in hope of identifying new therapies.

19 Sep 2018

Research shows enlarged genotype-phenotype correlation for three-base pair deletion in NF1

International collaborative research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., shows that while a three-base pair, in-frame deletion called p.Met992del in the NF1 gene has a mild phenotype for people with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1, the mutation does cause complications.

18 Sep 2018

Is ‘precision medicine’ the answer to cancer? Not precisely.

Facing incurable breast cancer at age 55, MaryAnne DiCanto put her faith in "precision medicine" — in which doctors try to match patients with drugs that target the genetic mutations in their tumors. She underwent repeated biopsies to identify therapies that might help.

13 Sep 2018

Precision Medicine News and Research

Study highlights need for population-specific precision medicine programs in Latin America

Researchers decode anti-inflammatory mechanism of vitamin E and its metabolites

Researchers identify genes that could help predict treatment outcomes for parasitic disease

Engineering organoids from stem cells to model retina diseases

BHCGC consortium to play key role in NIH's large-scale effort to advance precision medicine

NIH-funded genome centers to speed up breakthroughs in precision medicine

TGen-UNM consortium awarded NIH grant to discover new treatments for diabetic blindness

NorthShore and Ambry announce launch of new test to assess prostate cancer risk

Lancaster professor aims to understand how genes affect smoking cessation

Cytox, AIBL announce expanded agreement to assess genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

Obese pregnant women can restrict weight gain safely with proper nutrition guidance

ALSAM Foundation invests additional $2 million for drug discovery and development projects

Cancer Research UK invests £14 million to transform London into cancer biotherapeutics hub

TGen and PNOC take part in launch of NIH-supported Kids First Data Resource Portal

Henry Ford Health System receives $600k grant to study genetic makeup of gliomas

Research shows enlarged genotype-phenotype correlation for three-base pair deletion in NF1

Is ‘precision medicine’ the answer to cancer? Not precisely.

Sleep apnea can favor lung cancer growth in young individuals

Researchers untangle mysteries of 'evil' protein in ER-positive breast cancer

Penn receives NIH grant to create Center for Sub-Cellular Genomics

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