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Gene Expression is the process by which a gene gets turned on in a cell to make RNA and proteins. Gene expression may be measured by looking at the RNA, or the protein made from the RNA, or what the protein does in a cell.

DxTerity acquires intellectual property rights to blood based genomic testing from SourceMDx

DxTerity Diagnostics announced today that it has acquired intellectual property rights to several blood based cancer diagnostic tests from SourceMDx Inc.

7 Jun 2011

Ligand's LGD-4033 Phase I clinical trial data presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that data from a comprehensive Phase I multi-dose program with its selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) LGD-4033 was featured in a poster presentation today at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting in Boston, June 4-7, 2011.

7 Jun 2011

Constellation raises $15M in Series B extension financing

Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company in the field of epigenetics, today announced that it has raised $15 million in a Series B extension financing. All major current investors participated in the round, including Third Rock Ventures, The Column Group, Venrock Associates, SR One and Altitude Life Science Ventures.

6 Jun 2011

Weight loss following bariatric surgery may reduce risk of Alzheimer's

Obesity is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but weight loss due to bariatric surgery may reduce the risk of this common dementia, a new study suggests. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

6 Jun 2011

Additional data supporting utility of PAM50 gene signature for breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostics, today announced that researchers will present additional evidence for the potential utility of profiling breast cancer based on the PAM50 gene signature at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting taking place in Chicago, Illinois from June 3-7.

4 Jun 2011

Johns Hopkins researchers solve long-standing mystery of Warburg effect

It's long been known that cancer cells eat a lot of sugar to stay alive. In fact, where normal, noncancerous cells generate energy from using some sugar and a lot of oxygen, cancerous cells use virtually no oxygen and a lot of sugar.

4 Jun 2011

Response Genetics' clinical approaches to improve cancer care to be presented at ASCO 2011

Response Genetics, Inc., a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer, announced today five presentations to be held during the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL from June 3 to June 7, 2011.

4 Jun 2011

Nuvera announces results of blinded study on breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response

Nuvera Biosciences, a molecular diagnostics company that develops gene-based diagnostic assays for personalized medicine in cancer, announced the results of a blinded validation study on its breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response.

4 Jun 2011

Positive interim results from iBio's H1N1 influenza subunit vaccine Phase 1 trial

iBio, Inc. today announced positive interim results from a Phase 1 clinical trial of an iBioLaunch platform-produced subunit vaccine directed against Influenza A/California/04/09 (H1N1).

3 Jun 2011

Scientists uncover new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered a potentially important new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death, a characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, as well as heart attack and stroke.

3 Jun 2011

Johns Hopkins researchers solve mystery of Warburg effect

It’s long been known that cancer cells eat a lot of sugar to stay alive. In fact, where normal, noncancerous cells generate energy from using some sugar and a lot of oxygen, cancerous cells use virtually no oxygen and a lot of sugar. Many genes have been implicated in this process and now, reporting in the May 27 issue of Cell, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that this so-called Warburg effect is controlled.

2 Jun 2011

OncoSec Medical to present results of ElectroImmunotherapy clinical trial in melanoma at ASCO 2011

OncoSec Medical Incorporated, which is developing its advanced-stage ElectroOncology therapies to treat solid tumor cancers, announced today that one of its clinical trial advisers will present results from an ElectroImmunotherapy clinical trial for melanoma at the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting to be held June 4-8 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL.

2 Jun 2011

Microscopic worms in space

A space flight by millions of microscopic worms could help us overcome the numerous threats posed to human health by space travel. The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have also given experts an insight into how to block muscle degradation in the sick and elderly.

2 Jun 2011

PCF funds 14 new Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research

The Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced that it has funded 14 new Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research. These two-year awards are designed to support innovative research ideas that have the potential to achieve breakthroughs for improved prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment.

2 Jun 2011

IPSOGEN announces two studies on Genomic Grade test to be presented at ASCO 2011

IPSOGEN SA today announces that two studies on the Genomic Grade test will be presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, that will take place June 3-7, 2011, in Chicago, Ill, USA.

1 Jun 2011

Almac's main research projects on ovarian, breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

Two of Almac's main research projects have been selected for presentation at the 2011 ASCO meeting. Both of these studies are based on Almac's approach of profiling large clinical datasets and analysing the data for molecular subgroups that can aid in improved diagnosis of cancer by identifying molecular subtypes and by identifying molecular subgroups which are of clinical and therapeutic relevance.

31 May 2011

Small noncoding RNA spurs Alzheimer's development

Researchers pinpoint a small RNA that spurs cells to manufacture a particular splice variant of a key neuronal protein, potentially promoting Alzheimer's disease or other types of neurodegeneration.

31 May 2011

IT-IS Life Sciences, Roche sign exclusive distribution agreement for new LightCycler Nano Instrument

Roche Applied Science has signed a worldwide exclusive OEM agreement with IT-IS Life Sciences Ltd for the distribution of the new LightCycler Nano Instrument, which will complete the company´s portfolio for the low throughput real-time PCR systems market.

30 May 2011

EPO awards Trilink patent for CleanAmp Primers

TriLink BioTechnologies, Inc., a leader in manufacturing high quality oligonucleotides and nucleoside triphosphates, announced today the award of their CleanAmp Primer patent by the European Patent Office (EPO Patent no. 2032714).

27 May 2011

Lactate shuttle also exists in human tumors

Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have shed new light on the longstanding conundrum about what makes a tumor grow-and how to make it stop. Interestingly, cancer cells accelerate the aging of nearby connective tissue cells to cause inflammation, which ultimately provides "fuel" for the tumor to grow and even metastasize.

27 May 2011

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DxTerity acquires intellectual property rights to blood based genomic testing from SourceMDx

Ligand's LGD-4033 Phase I clinical trial data presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting

Constellation raises $15M in Series B extension financing

Weight loss following bariatric surgery may reduce risk of Alzheimer's

Additional data supporting utility of PAM50 gene signature for breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

Johns Hopkins researchers solve long-standing mystery of Warburg effect

Response Genetics' clinical approaches to improve cancer care to be presented at ASCO 2011

Nuvera announces results of blinded study on breast cancer assay for taxane chemotherapy response

Positive interim results from iBio's H1N1 influenza subunit vaccine Phase 1 trial

Scientists uncover new therapeutic target that could prevent stress-related cell death

Johns Hopkins researchers solve mystery of Warburg effect

OncoSec Medical to present results of ElectroImmunotherapy clinical trial in melanoma at ASCO 2011

Microscopic worms in space

PCF funds 14 new Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research

IPSOGEN announces two studies on Genomic Grade test to be presented at ASCO 2011

Almac's main research projects on ovarian, breast cancer to be presented at ASCO 2011

Small noncoding RNA spurs Alzheimer's development

IT-IS Life Sciences, Roche sign exclusive distribution agreement for new LightCycler Nano Instrument

EPO awards Trilink patent for CleanAmp Primers

Lactate shuttle also exists in human tumors

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