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Professor receives Celebration of African Australians Inc Award for exceptional research works

Professor Vanessa Hayes received a Celebration of African Australians Inc Award at Parliament House on Saturday.

30 Jul 2013

Trovagene adopts RainDance's RainDrop digital PCR system for eventual use in CLIA laboratory

Trovagene, Inc. (NASDAQ: TROV) and RainDance Technologies announced today that Trovagene has adopted RainDance's RainDropTM Digital PCR System for research and development, and for eventual use in the Trovagene CLIA laboratory.

29 Jul 2013

ALCF honors oncologist with Lectureship Award for ground-breaking work on lung cancer research

The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) honored Tony Mok, MD, with the 2013 Addario Lectureship Award for his continued ground-breaking work for lung cancer patients, doctors and caregivers around the world. Dr. Mok, of Chinese University of Hong Kong, received the award at the 14th International Lung Cancer Congress held on July 25 in Huntington Beach, California.

29 Jul 2013

NeoGenomics launches clinical molecular tests for comprehensive profiling of MDS

NeoGenomics, Inc., a leading provider of cancer-focused genetic testing services, announced today that it has validated and launched a number of clinical molecular tests for the comprehensive profiling of myelodysplastic syndrome.

25 Jul 2013

UPCI research could provide roadmap for developing personalized therapies for breast cancer

More than 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. this year, a diagnosis that comes with treatment choices that can be overwhelming to patients and complex to their doctors. But what if there was only one treatment for your breast cancer? And what if it was based on your genetics and specific cancer type in the hope of maximizing its effectiveness?

24 Jul 2013

BGI, CITIC-XIANGYA successfully apply NGS to detect IVF embryos with genetic abnormalities

The largest genomic institute of the world, BGI Shenzhen, China, together with Reproductive & Genetic Hospital CITIC-XIANGYA announced today that they have successfully applied Next Generation Sequencing to detect in vitro fertilized embryos with genetic abnormalities.

24 Jul 2013

3-D hydrogel approach to study aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer

Human glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most common, aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer, is notoriously difficult to study. Scientists have traditionally studied cancer cells in petri dishes, which have none of the properties of the brain tissues in which these cancers grow, or in expensive animal models.

24 Jul 2013

Four research teams receive NIH grants to explore use of genome sequencing in medical care

The National Institutes of Health has awarded four grants for up to four years to multidisciplinary research teams to explore the use of genome sequencing in medical care. The awards total approximately $6.7 million in the first year and, if funding remains available, approximately $27 million in total.

24 Jul 2013

NIH study seeks genetic links to answer the 'Why?' of unexplained disorders

Even in the absence of a ready solution, knowing why a child faces physical, emotional and intellectual challenges is helpful to physicians and families. Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology are using high throughput genomic sequencing to meet major diagnostic needs for childhood genetic disorders through a multi-year grant potentially totaling more than $7.6 million from the National Institutes of Health.

24 Jul 2013

Fibromyalgia diagnosis: an interview with Dr. Bruce Gillis, CEO of EpicGenetics

Presently, it is a diagnosis of exclusion. Patients end up spending, according to what’s been published in the medical literature, as many as 3 - 5 years going from doctor to doctor seeking a diagnosis because they tend to have nonspecific symptoms of a subjective nature.

23 Jul 2013

Hyundai Motor America to open Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children's

On Tuesday, July 23, Hyundai Motor America and its U.S. dealer council, through their nonprofit organization Hyundai Hope On Wheels, will celebrate the grand opening of the Hyundai Cancer Institute.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers uncover evidence that genetic changes play role in resistance to deadly disease

Researchers have long understood that genetics can play a role in how susceptible people are to contracting cholera, but a team of Harvard scientists is now uncovering evidence of genetic changes that might also help protect some people from contracting the deadly disease.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers receive $10M March of Dimes grant to study causes of premature birth

Researchers from Dartmouth's Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS), the Center for Integrative Biomedical Sciences, and the Center for Genomic Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine are studying the unknown causes of premature birth, as part of a $10 million March of Dimes grant awarded to a research collaborative of seven U.S. universities and medical centers.

19 Jul 2013

Study shows CMEs can predict risk of cancer in type 2 diabetes patients

Certain chromosomal abnormalities of the preleukemic type appear to be over-represented in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who are suffering from vascular complications. This finding may provide a partial explanation for the higher rates of cancer-related mortality observed among patients with this type of diabetes.

18 Jul 2013

Study shows environmental conditions have stronger influence on human microbiome

Environmental conditions have a much stronger influence on the mix of microbes living in various parts of your body than does competition between species. Instead of excluding each other, microbes that fiercely compete for similar resources are more likely to cohabit the same individual.

17 Jul 2013

Largest data set of cancer-specific genetic variations generated by NCI scientists

Scientists at the National Cancer Institute have generated a data set of cancer-specific genetic variations and are making these data available to the research community, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

16 Jul 2013

Researchers distinguish viral and bacterial infections in children with fever

In children with fever but no other symptoms of illness, it is difficult to know whether a child has a viral infection that will resolve on its own or a potentially serious bacterial infection that requires antibiotics.

16 Jul 2013

FDA approves QIAGEN’s therascreen EGFR test as companion diagnostic for NSCLC patients

QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced it has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the therascreen EGFR test as a companion diagnostic to guide the use of Boehringer Ingelheim's new targeted therapy, GILOTRIF™ (afatinib), for treatment of metastatic NSCLC in patients whose tumors have certain EGFR gene mutations.

From QIAGEN Manchester Limited 15 Jul 2013

Researchers discover that APOBEC3B is important cancer mutagen

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered that a human antiviral enzyme causes DNA mutations that lead to several forms of cancer.

15 Jul 2013

3D-printed airway splint saves life of infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia

Half a millennium after Johannes Gutenberg printed the bible, researchers printed a 3D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth defect that causes the airway to collapse.

12 Jul 2013

Genomic News and Research

Professor receives Celebration of African Australians Inc Award for exceptional research works

Trovagene adopts RainDance's RainDrop digital PCR system for eventual use in CLIA laboratory

ALCF honors oncologist with Lectureship Award for ground-breaking work on lung cancer research

NeoGenomics launches clinical molecular tests for comprehensive profiling of MDS

UPCI research could provide roadmap for developing personalized therapies for breast cancer

BGI, CITIC-XIANGYA successfully apply NGS to detect IVF embryos with genetic abnormalities

3-D hydrogel approach to study aggressive and deadly forms of brain cancer

Four research teams receive NIH grants to explore use of genome sequencing in medical care

NIH study seeks genetic links to answer the 'Why?' of unexplained disorders

Fibromyalgia diagnosis: an interview with Dr. Bruce Gillis, CEO of EpicGenetics

Hyundai Motor America to open Hyundai Cancer Institute at CHOC Children's

Researchers uncover evidence that genetic changes play role in resistance to deadly disease

Researchers receive $10M March of Dimes grant to study causes of premature birth

Study shows CMEs can predict risk of cancer in type 2 diabetes patients

Study shows environmental conditions have stronger influence on human microbiome

Largest data set of cancer-specific genetic variations generated by NCI scientists

Researchers distinguish viral and bacterial infections in children with fever

FDA approves QIAGEN’s therascreen EGFR test as companion diagnostic for NSCLC patients

Researchers discover that APOBEC3B is important cancer mutagen

3D-printed airway splint saves life of infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia

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Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

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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