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Keeping orphans in communities 'won't end AIDS' but 'will help AIDS orphans'

"The International AIDS Conference [AIDS 2012] was full of talk of hope and best practices, but no one was giving details on how to reach an 'AIDS-free generation,'" GlobalPost correspondent John Donnelly writes in this post in the "Global Pulse" blog.

1 Aug 2012

Gene discovery made for infant-onset blindness

Researchers have discovered that mutations in the NMNAT1 gene encoding nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 are present in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis.

1 Aug 2012

Biomimetic bioartificial livers and cell toxicity assays: an interview with Dr. Joris Braspenning, CEO Medicyte

Biomimetic bioartificial livers are liver organoids based on synthetic equivalents of the human extracellular matrix (ECM) which will be seeded with human cells.

1 Aug 2012

Link between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and obesity in offspring

A new report involving mice suggests that a relationship exists between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in her offspring. What's more, the report shows that if the stress cannot be reduced or eliminated, manipulating the neuropeptide Y (NPY) system in visceral fat may prevent maternal stress-induced obesity from occurring in the next generation.

1 Aug 2012

FDA clears Reflectance Medical's CareGuide Oximeter

Reflectance Medical, a commercial-stage company focused on the development of physiologic sensors to non-invasively and continuously assess patient metabolic status, announced today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its initial product, the CareGuide Oximeter.

31 Jul 2012

NYGC purchases four Life Technologies' Ion Proton Sequencers

Life Technologies Corporation today announced that the New York Genome Center (NYGC) has purchased four Ion Proton Sequencers for its new Innovation Center.

31 Jul 2012

OrPro to advance development of ORP-100 for treatment of cystic fibrosis

OrPro Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that the company has been awarded a National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

31 Jul 2012

ATP1A3 gene mutations responsible for alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare disorder that usually begins in infancy, with intermittent episodes of paralysis and stiffness, first affecting one side of the body, then the other. Symptoms mysteriously appear and disappear, again and again, and affected children often experience dozens of episodes per week. As they get older, children fall progressively behind their peers in both intellectual abilities and motor skills, and more than half develop epilepsy.

31 Jul 2012

Gene for sporadic paralysis of childhood discovered

Researchers have identified de novo mutations in the ATP1A3 gene that they believe are responsible for a sporadic childhood paralysis known as alternating hemiplegia of childhood.

30 Jul 2012

GenomeQuest's genomic decision support system achieves HIPAA compliance

GenomeQuest Inc., a global provider of large-scale genomic software applications, today announced that its GQ-Dx genomic decision support system for the production of clinical-grade diagnostic reports from next-generation sequencing (NGS) runs now meets Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security and privacy standards.

30 Jul 2012

Advaxis reports continued positive patient survival pattern in ADXS-HPV Phase 2 cervical cancer trial

Advaxis, Inc.,, a leader in developing the next generation of immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, presented updated preliminary data from an ongoing randomized Phase 2 trial of ADXS-HPV being conducted in India in women with recurrent/refractory cervical cancer who have failed previous cytotoxic therapy.

30 Jul 2012

MCW, Transgenomic partner to offer next-generation genetic testing services

Transgenomic, Inc. and the Medical College of Wisconsin today announced a collaboration agreement under which Transgenomic will offer next-generation genetic testing services performed at the MCW Clinical Sequencing Program. These services will initially include Transgenomic's NuclearMitome Test for mitochondrial disorders.

30 Jul 2012

Researchers discover gene mutations in patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a very rare disorder that causes paralysis that freezes one side of the body and then the other in devastating bouts that arise at unpredictable intervals. Seizures, learning disabilities and difficulty walking are common among patients with this diagnosis.

30 Jul 2012

AAQ chemical temporarily restores vision in blind mice

A team of University of California, Berkeley, scientists in collaboration with researchers at the University of Munich and University of Washington in Seattle has discovered a chemical that temporarily restores some vision to blind mice, and is working on an improved compound that may someday allow people with degenerative blindness to see again.

26 Jul 2012

Researchers discover new cause of congenital myopathy

University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new cause of congenital myopathy: a mutation in a previously uncharacterized gene, according to research published this month in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

26 Jul 2012

WASC accredits Cedars-Sinai PhD program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine

The Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and Translational Medicine at Cedars-Sinai has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an affirmation that the PhD-awarding educational effort meets the most rigorous standards of higher learning.

25 Jul 2012

Merck signs two licensing agreements for investigational HIV drug candidates

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the company has signed two licensing agreements for investigational HIV drug candidates.

25 Jul 2012

Yeast gene can increase ethanol production yield by up to 34%

iDiverse announced that it has discovered a yeast gene that when inserted into yeast and properly modulated can increase ethanol production yield by up to 34%.

23 Jul 2012

Researchers link specific gene mutations with four recognized subtypes of medulloblastoma

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) and several collaborating institutions have linked mutations in specific genes to each of the four recognized subtypes of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor of children. The discovery, reported July in the journal Nature, provides doctors with potential biomarkers for guiding and individualizing treatment and reveals prospective therapeutic opportunities for countering this devastating malignancy.

23 Jul 2012

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology receives Gates Foundation grant

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce that it has received a fourth grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to promote discoveries that will solve urgent global health problems via support of infectious disease conferences in the "Keystone Symposia Global Health Series."

20 Jul 2012

Next Generation News and Research

Keeping orphans in communities 'won't end AIDS' but 'will help AIDS orphans'

Gene discovery made for infant-onset blindness

Biomimetic bioartificial livers and cell toxicity assays: an interview with Dr. Joris Braspenning, CEO Medicyte

Link between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and obesity in offspring

FDA clears Reflectance Medical's CareGuide Oximeter

NYGC purchases four Life Technologies' Ion Proton Sequencers

OrPro to advance development of ORP-100 for treatment of cystic fibrosis

ATP1A3 gene mutations responsible for alternating hemiplegia of childhood

Gene for sporadic paralysis of childhood discovered

GenomeQuest's genomic decision support system achieves HIPAA compliance

Advaxis reports continued positive patient survival pattern in ADXS-HPV Phase 2 cervical cancer trial

MCW, Transgenomic partner to offer next-generation genetic testing services

Researchers discover gene mutations in patients with alternating hemiplegia of childhood

AAQ chemical temporarily restores vision in blind mice

Researchers discover new cause of congenital myopathy

WASC accredits Cedars-Sinai PhD program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine

Merck signs two licensing agreements for investigational HIV drug candidates

Yeast gene can increase ethanol production yield by up to 34%

Researchers link specific gene mutations with four recognized subtypes of medulloblastoma

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology receives Gates Foundation grant

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