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PARP inhibitor drugs and chemotherapy can help women with ovarian cancer live longer

Conventional chemotherapy could further extend life in some women with ovarian cancer when used in tandem with a new type of targeted treatment, a new international study shows.

13 Oct 2013

Study evaluates possibility of individualisation of castration-resistant prostate cancer management

A new study reveals that in the prediction of treatment outcome for castration-resistant prostate cancer, a change in circulating tumour cells detection might be more accurate than the change in prostate-specific antigen levels. The findings of this award-winning study were presented at the recent EAU 13th Central European Meeting in Prague.

12 Oct 2013

ADAGES III study receives NIH grant to elucidate genetics of glaucoma in African descents

A study led by Robert N. Weinreb, chairman and Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has received a $6.4 million, 5-year grant from the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to elucidate the genetics of glaucoma in persons of African descent.

12 Oct 2013

Astrazeneca, Janssen To Promote Novel Prostate Cancer Treatment In Japan

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11 Oct 2013

Novartis Inks Agreement For Immunogen's "TAP" ADC Technology

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11 Oct 2013

Kraepelin distinctions back in favor

Modern statistical methods support Kraepelin’s original distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but not the more recent schizoaffective disorder category, say researchers.

11 Oct 2013

Yale Launches Collaboration With ARO, CRO Partners

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11 Oct 2013

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

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11 Oct 2013

New gene transfer strategy effective for achieving persistent immunotherapy to treat tumors

Cancer immunotherapy can successfully use the body's own immune system to kill tumor cells. But some current approaches to stimulate an antitumor immune response are short-lived, with limited clinical effectiveness. A new gene transfer strategy that introduces modified, immune-stimulating human stem cells is both feasible and effective for achieving persistent immunotherapy to treat leukemias and lymophomas, according to a study published in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

11 Oct 2013

Super-enhancers could play important roles in disease diagnostics and therapeutics

Having recently discovered a set of powerful gene regulators that control cell identity in a few mouse and human cell types, Whitehead Institute scientists are now showing that these regulators-which they named "super-enhancers"-act across a vast array of human cell types and are enriched in mutated regions of the genome that are closely associated with a broad spectrum of diseases.

11 Oct 2013

Two scientists from Gladstone Institutes recognized for their contributions to science, medicine

In an unprecedented move, the California Academy of Sciences today will induct two scientists from the Gladstone Institutes', President R. Sanders "Sandy" Williams, MD, and Investigator Katherine Pollard, PhD, as Academy Fellows, bestowing yet another honor on two of San Francisco's most esteemed scientists.

11 Oct 2013

Genetic mutation that protects skin from UV radiation may cause testicular cancer in Caucasian

A Ludwig Cancer Research study published in Cell today identifies a common mutation that dramatically increases the risk for testicular cancer—and describes a likely molecular mechanism by which it exerts that effect.

11 Oct 2013

Cedars-Sinai woman researcher puts extensive effort to increase awareness on ovarian cancer research

Julie Miller is a key part of an extensive effort at Cedars-Sinai to increase awareness of and support for women's cancer research. She not only has registered to participate in clinical research, but she's also lacing up her running shoes.

11 Oct 2013

Researchers identify gene that orchestrates important branching of nerve fibers

Our ability to detect heat, touch, tickling and other sensations depends on our sensory nerves. Now, for the first time, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a gene that orchestrates the crucially important branching of nerve fibers that occurs during development. The findings were published online today in the journal Cell.

11 Oct 2013

Genetic variation can affect how people see and experience the world

A new study by a University of British Columbia researcher finds that some people are genetically predisposed to see the world darkly.

11 Oct 2013

Research delves deeply into genomics of glioblastoma multiforme cases to better target disease

When The Cancer Genome Atlas launched its massively collaborative approach to organ-by-organ genomic analysis of cancers, the brain had both the benefit, and the challenge, of going first.

11 Oct 2013

People who live in coal mining regions face increased risk depression

People who live among the destructive environmental effects of mountaintop coal mining face an increased risk of major depression. The results of a study conducted in the coal mining regions of Central Appalachia that explored the relationship between psychological health and environmental degradation are published in Ecopsychology, a peer-reviewed, online journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

11 Oct 2013

IVF and chromosome testing: an interview with Dr. Santiago Munné

The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) releases every year a report on pregnancy rates by maternal age. The last one shows a decline on implantation rates per embryo from 36% in young women, to 27.3% in women 35-37, 17.5% in 38-40, and less than 10% above 40 years of age.

10 Oct 2013

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring

A case–control study suggests that people have an increased risk for developing bipolar disorder if their mothers smoked during pregnancy.

10 Oct 2013

Diverse Neurological Disorders Appear To Share Tangled Metabolic Roots

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10 Oct 2013

Genetic News and Research

PARP inhibitor drugs and chemotherapy can help women with ovarian cancer live longer

Study evaluates possibility of individualisation of castration-resistant prostate cancer management

ADAGES III study receives NIH grant to elucidate genetics of glaucoma in African descents

Astrazeneca, Janssen To Promote Novel Prostate Cancer Treatment In Japan

Novartis Inks Agreement For Immunogen's "TAP" ADC Technology

Kraepelin distinctions back in favor

Yale Launches Collaboration With ARO, CRO Partners

Auxilium Licenses Stendra From Vivus For Up To $300M

New gene transfer strategy effective for achieving persistent immunotherapy to treat tumors

Super-enhancers could play important roles in disease diagnostics and therapeutics

Two scientists from Gladstone Institutes recognized for their contributions to science, medicine

Genetic mutation that protects skin from UV radiation may cause testicular cancer in Caucasian

Cedars-Sinai woman researcher puts extensive effort to increase awareness on ovarian cancer research

Researchers identify gene that orchestrates important branching of nerve fibers

Genetic variation can affect how people see and experience the world

Research delves deeply into genomics of glioblastoma multiforme cases to better target disease

People who live in coal mining regions face increased risk depression

IVF and chromosome testing: an interview with Dr. Santiago Munné

Pregnant smoking may have mood consequences for offspring

Diverse Neurological Disorders Appear To Share Tangled Metabolic Roots

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