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Philips introduces new web-based informatics platform to hasten drug research and biomarker discovery

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced the launch of its Xplore web-based informatics platform for drug research and biomarker discovery.

From Philips Healthcare 20 Jun 2017

MIT biologists identify how the immune system eliminates genetically imbalanced cells

Most living cells have a defined number of chromosomes: Human cells, for example, have 23 pairs. As cells divide, they can make errors that lead to a gain or loss of chromosomes, which is usually very harmful.

20 Jun 2017

Researchers discover broad role for DNA-cutting enzyme in driving abnormal genetic rearrangements

Researchers studying a DNA-cutting enzyme with a crucial role in regulating the structure of genes have discovered a broad role for its cutting activity in driving abnormal genetic rearrangements called translocations that cause cancer, including leukemias and solid tumors.

16 Jun 2017

Nagoya University research identifies skin disease inherited as germline mutation from father

Nagoya University research identified a patient with the whole-body skin disease epidermolytic ichthyosis that had been inherited as a germline mutation from her father with the milder epidermolytic nevus.

16 Jun 2017

Penn/CHOP research helps to better understand cause of pediatric and treatment-related leukemias

Certain pediatric leukemias share a common underlying cause with treatment-related secondary leukemias.

16 Jun 2017

Researchers shed light on underlying reasons for eye-avoidance by individuals with ASD

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often find it difficult to look others in the eyes. This avoidance has typically been interpreted as a sign of social and personal indifference, but reports from people with autism suggests otherwise.

16 Jun 2017

Targeting regulatory T cells could be effective approach to treating cancers, research shows

Researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC have discovered a clue that could unlock the potential of immunotherapy drugs to successfully treat more cancers.

15 Jun 2017

UAB researchers demonstrate persistence of donor microbes in recipients after fecal transplant

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor microbes remained in recipients for months or years after a transplant to treat the diarrhea and colitis caused by recurrent Clostridium difficile infections -- a serious and stubborn cause of diarrhea after an antibiotic treatment for some other illness.

14 Jun 2017

Study: Seal oil holds potential to help promote nerve regeneration in patients with Type 1 diabetes

A research team at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre in Toronto has published a paper that suggests seal oil has the potential to help promote nerve regeneration in patients with Type 1 diabetes.

13 Jun 2017

Developing synthetic mediums for growing organoids

Organoids are bits of tissue grown in vitro, in a near-physiological 3D setting. The particularity consists in the fact that organoids retain features of the patient they are derived from, even when cultured outside of the human body. This is very different from what traditional, conventional cell culture has been able to do over the past 50 years or so.

13 Jun 2017

Study: CT angiography better predicts risk for future cardiac events in patients with stable chest pain

An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial - in which patients with stable chest pain were randomized to either anatomic or functional testing as an initial diagnostic strategy - showed that the presence and extent of coronary artery disease detected by CT angiography better predicted the risk for future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance or restricted blood flow to the heart muscle.

13 Jun 2017

Clinical study shows new mechanism that BCG vaccine uses to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes

Interim results from a FDA-approved clinical trial testing the generic vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes are being presented at the 75th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.

12 Jun 2017

Study provides new insight into cells that rejuvenate the brain

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disease manifested by various neuronal pathological processes and a significant decline in brain function.

9 Jun 2017

Text messaging shows great potential to improve management of diabetes

Low-income Hispanics with Type 2 diabetes who received health-related text messages every day for six months saw improvements in their blood sugar levels that equaled those resulting from some glucose-lowering medications, researchers with the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute reported today.

9 Jun 2017

Greater gut bacteria diversity linked to longer progression-free survival in metastatic melanoma patients

The blend of bacteria in the digestive tract of metastatic melanoma patients is associated with disease progression or delay in patients treated with immunotherapy, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

6 Jun 2017

Genomic News and Research

Philips introduces new web-based informatics platform to hasten drug research and biomarker discovery

MIT biologists identify how the immune system eliminates genetically imbalanced cells

Researchers discover broad role for DNA-cutting enzyme in driving abnormal genetic rearrangements

Nagoya University research identifies skin disease inherited as germline mutation from father

Penn/CHOP research helps to better understand cause of pediatric and treatment-related leukemias

Researchers shed light on underlying reasons for eye-avoidance by individuals with ASD

Targeting regulatory T cells could be effective approach to treating cancers, research shows

UAB researchers demonstrate persistence of donor microbes in recipients after fecal transplant

Study: Seal oil holds potential to help promote nerve regeneration in patients with Type 1 diabetes

Developing synthetic mediums for growing organoids

Study: CT angiography better predicts risk for future cardiac events in patients with stable chest pain

Clinical study shows new mechanism that BCG vaccine uses to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes

Study provides new insight into cells that rejuvenate the brain

Text messaging shows great potential to improve management of diabetes

Greater gut bacteria diversity linked to longer progression-free survival in metastatic melanoma patients

New genomic sequencing approach could be first step toward blood tests for early cancer detection

Genetic sequencing could help direct treatment for 72% of advanced cancer patients

Mouse model could improve understanding of human brown fat’s role in metabolic processes

ATCC and One Codex form partnership to address microbiome research needs

Researchers find new way to block type 1 diabetes

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Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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