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Genomics is the study of the complete genetic material, including genes and their functions, of an organism.

Longer looks: Understanding downsides of saturated fat, sugar; will innovation save U.S. health care system?

The streetlights in Buenos Aires are considerably dimmer than they are in New York, one of the many things I learned during my family's six-month stay in Argentina. The front windshield of the rental car, aged and covered in the city's grime, further obscured what little light came through. When we stopped at the first red light after leaving the hospital, I broke two of my most important marital promises. I started acting like my wife's doctor, and I lied to her. I had just taken the PET scan, the diagnostic X-ray test, out of its manila envelope (Dr. Peter B. Bach, 5/6).

9 May 2014

Researchers develop new method for isolating, genome sequencing individual malaria parasite cell

A new method for isolating and genome sequencing an individual malaria parasite cell has been developed by Texas Biomed researchers in San Antonio and their colleagues.

9 May 2014

Shift switches pain sensor from cold-sensitive to hot-sensitive

Ice cream lovers and hot tea drinkers with sensitive teeth could one day have a reason to celebrate a new finding from Duke University researchers. The scientists have found a very small change in a single protein that turns a cold-sensitive receptor into one that senses heat.

9 May 2014

Single-cell genomics study confirms that immune cells produce steroids

Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid.

9 May 2014

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gift $4 million to support UCLA research

Two new gifts from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to UCLA totaling $4 million will fund research in stem cell science and digestive diseases and support the recruitment of key faculty at two renowned research centers.

9 May 2014

Power of GWAS to detect human disease can be increased using statistical testing

The power of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to detect genetic influences on human disease can be substantially increased using a statistical testing framework reported in the May issue of the journal GENETICS.

8 May 2014

Evogene reports operating loss of $2.6M in first quarter 2014

Evogene Ltd., a leading plant genomics company specializing in enhancing crop productivity for the food, feed and biofuel industries, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

7 May 2014

LifeMap Solutions focuses on creating innovative mobile health products

LifeMap Solutions, Inc., a medical technology startup focused on creating innovative mobile health (mHealth) products and services powered by big data, today announced an initial $5 million seed round led by parent company LifeMap Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc., with additional participation via in-kind support from its development partner, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

7 May 2014

TGen/George Mason create strategic research alliance to benefit patients with cancer, life-threatening illnesses

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and George Mason University today announced the creation of a strategic research alliance to benefit patients with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

7 May 2014

Novel bioinformatics approach suggests antimicrobial drug may help in treating advanced kidney cancer

Developing and testing a new anti-cancer drug can cost billions of dollars and take many years of research.

6 May 2014

iQBS researchers develop new gene expression analysis approach for identifying cancer genes

Dartmouth Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) researchers developed a new gene expression analysis approach for identifying cancer genes.

5 May 2014

3D shape of leukemia cell's genome holds key to solving puzzle of human diseases

To solve a puzzle, you need to recognize shapes, patterns and a particular kind of order. In much the same way, researchers at McGill University have discovered that the 3D shape of a leukemia cell's genome holds a key to solving the puzzle of human diseases. The researchers report their findings in the open access journal Genome Biology.

30 Apr 2014

Illumina launches VeriSeq PGS for preimplantation genetic screening of embryos

Illumina, Inc. today announced the launch of VeriSeq PGS, a next-generation sequencing solution developed for preimplantation genetic screening of embryos using Illumina's NextSeq 500 and MiSeq® sequencing systems.

From Illumina, Inc. 29 Apr 2014

Gene expression profiling tests play critical role in women’s chemotherapy decision

Gene expression profiling tests play a critical role when women with early-stage breast cancer decide whether to have chemotherapy, but many of them do not fully understand what some of the test results mean, new research suggests.

29 Apr 2014

GW University establishes new online integrative medicine program

The George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce the establishment of a new, online Integrative Medicine Program, in partnership with the Metabolic Medical Institute.

29 Apr 2014

GEN Publishing introduces semi-monthly digital publication focusing on OMICs technologies

GEN Publishing recently introduced Clinical OMICs a semi-monthly digital publication focusing on the application of OMICs technologies in clinical settings. These advanced techniques, such as next-gen sequencing, are beginning to transform medical care just as they revolutionized basic life science research over the past decade-and-a-half.

26 Apr 2014

Researcher to recieve 2014 EMBO Gold Medal at FEBS-EMBO Meeting

EMBO today announced Sophie Martin of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, as the winner of the 2014 EMBO Gold Medal. The award acknowledges her work to understand the molecular events that define the organization and development of the cell.

25 Apr 2014

Research findings can impact lives of people with autism today

A new study from investigators with the Autism Genome Project, the world's largest research project on identifying genes associated with risk for autism, has found that the comprehensive use of copy number variant (CNV) genetic testing offers an important tool in individualized diagnosis and treatment of autism.

25 Apr 2014

Courtagen collaborates with CCMC to identify alterations in genes associated with ASD

Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc., an innovative molecular information company, announced today a collaboration with Connecticut Children's Medical Center to utilize Courtagen's sophisticated Next Generation Sequencing assays to help identify and characterize alterations found in genes associated with ASD.

23 Apr 2014

IMPAKT breast cancer conference abstracts online

Xenografts and mathematical modelling; liquid biopsy; nanotechnology; next generation genomics- Science is running fast and the impact of new technologies in the care of patients with breast cancer will be at the core of the sixth edition of the IMPAKT conference on translational research in breast cancer.

22 Apr 2014

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Longer looks: Understanding downsides of saturated fat, sugar; will innovation save U.S. health care system?

Researchers develop new method for isolating, genome sequencing individual malaria parasite cell

Shift switches pain sensor from cold-sensitive to hot-sensitive

Single-cell genomics study confirms that immune cells produce steroids

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gift $4 million to support UCLA research

Power of GWAS to detect human disease can be increased using statistical testing

Evogene reports operating loss of $2.6M in first quarter 2014

LifeMap Solutions focuses on creating innovative mobile health products

TGen/George Mason create strategic research alliance to benefit patients with cancer, life-threatening illnesses

Novel bioinformatics approach suggests antimicrobial drug may help in treating advanced kidney cancer

iQBS researchers develop new gene expression analysis approach for identifying cancer genes

3D shape of leukemia cell's genome holds key to solving puzzle of human diseases

Illumina launches VeriSeq PGS for preimplantation genetic screening of embryos

Gene expression profiling tests play critical role in women’s chemotherapy decision

GW University establishes new online integrative medicine program

GEN Publishing introduces semi-monthly digital publication focusing on OMICs technologies

Researcher to recieve 2014 EMBO Gold Medal at FEBS-EMBO Meeting

Research findings can impact lives of people with autism today

Courtagen collaborates with CCMC to identify alterations in genes associated with ASD

IMPAKT breast cancer conference abstracts online

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