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

Study shows precision medicine provides better treatment options for mentally ill person

A multidisciplinary team led by a geneticist and psychiatrist from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's (CSHL) Stanley Institute for Cognitive Genomics today publish a paper providing a glimpse of both the tremendous power and the current limitations of what is sometimes called "precision medicine."

5 Oct 2013

'Personalised medicine': Topic of free public lecture at the University of Greenwich

'Personalised medicine' is the topic of a free public lecture at the University of Greenwich. Personalised medicine, or precision medicine, as it is sometimes known, is a key goal for 21st century healthcare. Currently, many medicines are either ineffective or unsafe in certain patient populations, whereas the aim for personalised medicine is to target the right treatment to the right patient group.

5 Oct 2013

Researchers develop new method to identify genes involved in kidney diseases

Understanding how genes act in specific tissues is critical to our ability to combat many human diseases, from heart disease to kidney failure to cancer. Yet isolating individual cell types for study is impossible for most human tissues.

5 Oct 2013

MSU receives $10M grant to further research on diseases that affect animal, human health

Mississippi State University has been awarded a $10 million grant for five years of support from the National Institutes of Health to further research focusing on diseases that affect animal and human health.

4 Oct 2013

NYU researchers receive $6.25M grant for pioneering research into acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Researchers at The Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center is leading a $6.25 million, five-year research initiative, funded by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, to develop new therapies and advance the cure rate for children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic cancer (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer.

4 Oct 2013

SDSC receives $12M grant to deploy Comet to extend computational resources to diversified user base

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a $12-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to deploy Comet, a new petascale supercomputer designed to transform advanced scientific computing by expanding access and capacity among traditional as well as non-traditional research domains.

3 Oct 2013

BioNano Genomics announces $10M financing for development of Irys System for genome analysis

BioNano Genomics announced today a $10 million financing to support the ongoing development and commercialization of the IrysTM System for human genome analysis. Current investors, Battelle Ventures, Domain Associates, Gund Investment Corporation, participated in the financing.

2 Oct 2013

New insights into how obesity, type 2 diabetes can create stress response in the brain

Joslin researchers have gained new insights into how obesity and type 2 diabetes can create a stress response in the brain, especially in the hypothalamus (the brain region that regulates appetite and energy production), that may contribute to altering metabolism throughout the body. The findings are reported in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

2 Oct 2013

NIH awards 10 new grants to support genomics research in Africa

The National Institutes of Health has awarded 10 new grants totaling up to $17 million over the next four years to support genomics research in Africa, as part of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program

2 Oct 2013

Genetic study helps identify obese diabetes patients who are at risk of developing NAFLD

A groundbreaking study of nearly 2,300 extremely obese diabetes patients, led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute, has identified genes associated with unhealthy liver function.

2 Oct 2013

Merck Canada Gives Patient-Oriented Research $4M Boost

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30 Sep 2013

Study provides new insights into type 1 diabetes pathology

Joslin researchers have identified immune cells that promote growth of beta cells in type 1 diabetes. This study provides further evidence of a changed role for immune cells in type 1 diabetes pathology. The study appears online today and will also appear in the January issue of Diabetes.

29 Sep 2013

Research opens up possibility for new treatment approaches for motor neurone disease

New research from the University of Sheffield could offer solutions into slowing down the progression of motor neurone disease.

28 Sep 2013

Pan-Cancer Initiative: Patterns Emerge Across Diverse Tumor Types

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27 Sep 2013

Four Geisinger Health System researchers receive $25M grant to initiate ClinGen Project

Four Geisinger Health System researchers have taken center stage in the national arena of genomics thanks to new funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), an arm of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

27 Sep 2013

Study indicates that RNA translation is dictated by translational hotspots

Protein synthesis in the extensions of nerve cells, called dendrites, underlies long-term memory formation in the brain, among other functions. "Thousands of messenger RNAs reside in dendrites, yet the dynamics of how multiple dendrite messenger RNAs translate into their final proteins remain elusive," says James Eberwine, PhD, professor of Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and co-director of the Penn Genome Frontiers Institute.

27 Sep 2013

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Study shows precision medicine provides better treatment options for mentally ill person

'Personalised medicine': Topic of free public lecture at the University of Greenwich

Researchers develop new method to identify genes involved in kidney diseases

MSU receives $10M grant to further research on diseases that affect animal, human health

NYU researchers receive $6.25M grant for pioneering research into acute lymphoblastic leukemia

SDSC receives $12M grant to deploy Comet to extend computational resources to diversified user base

BioNano Genomics announces $10M financing for development of Irys System for genome analysis

New insights into how obesity, type 2 diabetes can create stress response in the brain

NIH awards 10 new grants to support genomics research in Africa

Genetic study helps identify obese diabetes patients who are at risk of developing NAFLD

Merck Canada Gives Patient-Oriented Research $4M Boost

Study provides new insights into type 1 diabetes pathology

Research opens up possibility for new treatment approaches for motor neurone disease

Pan-Cancer Initiative: Patterns Emerge Across Diverse Tumor Types

Four Geisinger Health System researchers receive $25M grant to initiate ClinGen Project

Study indicates that RNA translation is dictated by translational hotspots

New public resource to help researchers explore data from the NIH human microbiome project

'Jekyll-and-Hyde' protein could be potent target for developing new cancer drugs

Joslin gets NIH grant to study potential treatment for kidney disease in people with diabetes

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