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Research shows how social network analysis can help identify cancer biomarkers

The advent of online social networks has led to the rapid development of tools for understanding the interactions between members of the network, their activity, the connections, the hubs and nodes. But, any relationships between lots of entities, whether users of Facebook and Twitter, bees in a colony, birds in a flock, or the genes and proteins in our bodies can be analyzed with the same tools.

5 Jun 2015

Griffith student finds success in medical tourism

The world of medical tourism was not one that Dan Donner had ever considered as a potential career path, but today he can be found dividing his time between study at Griffith University and running a flourishing business in Thailand.

5 Jun 2015

ICM provides formal endorsement of Direct Relief Midwife Kit as global standard for midwives

The International Confederation of Midwives has provided its first-ever formal endorsement of a Midwife Kit as a standard for midwives trained to ICM's competency standards. The Midwife Kit was developed by Direct Relief in consultation with ICM experts. Direct Relief will provide the kit free of charge to midwives in developing countries.

4 Jun 2015

Scientists make breakthrough in schizophrenia research

An international team of scientists led by Cardiff University researchers has provided the strongest evidence yet of what causes schizophrenia - a condition that affects around 1% of the global population.

4 Jun 2015

Oxygen regulatory pathway can act to trigger tissue regeneration in mice

A study led by Ellen Heber-Katz, PhD, of the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, part of Main Line Health, shows that a primordial form of energy production that still exists in mammals can be harnessed to achieve spontaneous tissue regeneration in mice, without the need for added stem cells.

4 Jun 2015

Scientists produce strongest evidence yet of schizophrenia’s causes

3 Jun 2015

Groundbreaking, combination vaccine may help beat Streptococcus A infections

Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics has developed a groundbreaking, combination vaccine that may finally beat Streptococcus A infections.

2 Jun 2015

PanCuRx initiative to reduce pancreatic cancer fatality rate receives $4.6 million investment from OICR

Dr. Tom Hudson, President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today announced OICR is investing $4.6 million over two years in PanCuRx, an initiative that seeks solutions to the high fatality rate of pancreatic cancer.

1 Jun 2015

Study findings underscore importance of PD-1/PD-L1 expression in oncogenic signaling pathways

Caris Life Sciences® today announced the presentation of data from two studies in which researchers utilized Caris Molecular Intelligence®, the company's panomic, comprehensive tumor profiling service, to identify potential therapeutic targets in patients with colorectal and pancreatic cancer subtypes, based on expression of the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) and its ligand, PD-L1.

1 Jun 2015

Brain Tumor Biotech Summit held in Manhattan on 29 May, 2015

Voices Against Brain Cancer, a national non-profit organization committed to finding a cure for brain cancer and brain tumors, and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Long Island, will be hosting a Brain Tumor Biotech Summit on Friday, May 29th, 2015 at Lenox Hill Hospital's Einhorn Auditorium in Manhattan.

30 May 2015

Federal funding constraints may jeopardize nation's research enterprise, undermine patient care

Constraints in federal funding, compounded by declining clinical revenue, jeopardize more than the nation's research enterprise.

29 May 2015

New EU Clinical Trials Regulation may prove to be challenging for cancer research in Europe

The European Society for Medical Oncology, in collaboration with the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, expressed their views on the EU Clinical Trials Regulation in an official position paper recently published in Annals of Oncology.

29 May 2015

DNA analysis reveals how ovarian cancer takes genetic twists and turns to outsmart chemotherapy

The largest complete DNA analysis of ovarian cancer in the world, published overnight in Nature, has revealed unprecedented new insight into the genetic twists and turns a deadly form of the disease takes to outsmart chemotherapy, potentially changing treatment approaches for women around the world.

29 May 2015

Sanford-Burnham, Takeda partner to develop new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona today announced it has signed a two-year partnership agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. of Japan to study the potential role of several gene regulatory proteins as targets for the treatment of heart failure.

29 May 2015

Researchers suggest new target for treating BRAF inhibitor-resistant melanoma tumors

A new collaborative study led by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, published today in Cell Reports, provides new insight into the molecular changes that lead to resistance to a commonly prescribed group of drugs called BRAF inhibitors.

28 May 2015

Congress needs to act to incentivize development of genomic data systems

The latest generation of genomic testing offers a chance for significant improvements in patient care, disease prevention, and possibly even the cost-effectiveness of healthcare, but Congress needs to act to incentivize the development of the massive data systems that doctors and regulators will need in order to make these tests safe and effective for patients.

28 May 2015

Scientists identify molecular 'lock' that enables Ebola virus to gain entry to cells

An international team including scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases has identified the molecular "lock" that the deadly Ebola virus must pick to gain entry to cells.

27 May 2015

Study shows superiority of Cxbladder Detect over other non-invasive bladder cancer diagnostic tool

Newly published research demonstrates that Cxbladder out performs other non-invasive bladder cancer diagnostics, announced Pacific Edge, Ltd. The new research comparing and ranking four widely used tests was published online this week in the peer-reviewed Open Access medical journal BioMed Central ("BMC") Medical Research Methodology.

27 May 2015

Research findings cast new light on biological process that can lead to diabetes

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists have pinpointed a cell that begins the process of scarring in fatty tissue. The findings cast new light on a biological process that occurs with obesity and can lead to diabetes.

27 May 2015

Study: Drugs that block NPC1 protein could be used to treat Ebola virus disease

A new study has demonstrated that a protein called Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) is critical for the Ebola virus to infect a host. The study, published in the May/June issue of mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, suggests that drugs that block NPC1 could be used to treat this deadly disease.

27 May 2015

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Research shows how social network analysis can help identify cancer biomarkers

Griffith student finds success in medical tourism

ICM provides formal endorsement of Direct Relief Midwife Kit as global standard for midwives

Scientists make breakthrough in schizophrenia research

Oxygen regulatory pathway can act to trigger tissue regeneration in mice

Scientists produce strongest evidence yet of schizophrenia’s causes

Groundbreaking, combination vaccine may help beat Streptococcus A infections

PanCuRx initiative to reduce pancreatic cancer fatality rate receives $4.6 million investment from OICR

Study findings underscore importance of PD-1/PD-L1 expression in oncogenic signaling pathways

Brain Tumor Biotech Summit held in Manhattan on 29 May, 2015

Federal funding constraints may jeopardize nation's research enterprise, undermine patient care

New EU Clinical Trials Regulation may prove to be challenging for cancer research in Europe

DNA analysis reveals how ovarian cancer takes genetic twists and turns to outsmart chemotherapy

Sanford-Burnham, Takeda partner to develop new therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease

Researchers suggest new target for treating BRAF inhibitor-resistant melanoma tumors

Congress needs to act to incentivize development of genomic data systems

Scientists identify molecular 'lock' that enables Ebola virus to gain entry to cells

Study shows superiority of Cxbladder Detect over other non-invasive bladder cancer diagnostic tool

Research findings cast new light on biological process that can lead to diabetes

Study: Drugs that block NPC1 protein could be used to treat Ebola virus disease

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