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EA sponsors research grant to investigate specific cancers and kinase mutations

Expression Analysis today announced a jointly sponsored research grant for up to eight American Cancer Society Grantees to investigate and draw parallels between specific cancers and recurring mutations in specific kinases, using targeted genome sequencing.

2 Feb 2011

Fluidigm launches new BioMark HD Real-time PCR System for genomic analysis

Fluidigm today introduced the new BioMark HD Real-time PCR System, the company's most advanced instrument for genomic analysis ever. The BioMark HD System is designed for researchers who require the sensitivity and throughput needed to study gene expression down to the single-cell level -- especially those who have limited amounts of sample or study rare populations of cells.

1 Feb 2011

Vanderbilt researchers announce multi-national collaboration on Alzheimer's disease genetics

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and across the globe, announced today a multi-national collaboration to discover and map all genes relating to Alzheimer's disease through the formation of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project.

1 Feb 2011

Global consortium aims to discover and map all Alzheimer's genes

The launch of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP) – a collaboration formed to discover and map the genes that contribute to Alzheimer's disease – was announced today by a multi-national group of researchers. The collaborative effort, spanning universities from both Europe and the United States, will combine the knowledge, staff and resources of four consortia that conduct research on Alzheimer's disease genetics.

1 Feb 2011

DNA Direct implements four new health plan clients for molecular diagnostic and genetic tests

DNA Direct, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and a provider of guidance and decision support for genomic medicine, today announced four new health plan clients that are implementing DNA Direct's Policy & Benefit Support Program for molecular diagnostic and genetic tests.

1 Feb 2011

New research finding shows strong relationship between gut bacteria and fatty liver

The more we learn about biology, the closer we get to being able to treat disease - and the more complicated our understanding of disease itself becomes. A new research finding showing a strong relationship between complex microbial ecologies in human intestines and the common but serious medical condition known as fatty liver illustrates this paradox.

1 Feb 2011

EA receives CLIA certification for clinical laboratory testing

Expression Analysis, a leading provider of genomic services for clinical trials and research, announced today it has received CLIA certification. This milestone comes as the company enters its tenth year of providing genomic expertise; something the company refers to as "Genomic Know-How.

29 Jan 2011

Scientists use full genome sequencing to identify precise steps in molecular evolution of S. pneumoniae

Despite penicillin and the dozens of antibiotics that followed it, streptococcus bacteria have remained a major threat to health throughout the world. The reason: the superb evolutionary skills of this pathogen to rapidly alter its genetic makeup.

29 Jan 2011

H3 Biomedicine introduces cancer research and development operations in Cambridge

H3 Biomedicine today announced that it has launched research and development operations in Cambridge, Massachusetts. H3 Biomedicine will undertake a comprehensive approach to breakthrough oncology treatments based on two primary principles: 1) the genetics of patients' cancers can reveal drug targets tailored to their cancers and 2) the advances in modern chemistry enable the discovery of new classes of safe and effective drugs against these targets.

27 Jan 2011

Realignment with participants' interest important for future of genomic research

Obtaining consent for genetic studies can be an opportunity for researchers to foster respectful engagement with participants, not merely to mitigate legal risk. This shift is proposed in a policy forum appearing tomorrow, Jan. 21, in Science, the journal of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science.

25 Jan 2011

Study results presented at ASCO-GI reinforce value of Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Colon Cancer test

Genomic Health, Inc. today announced presentation of three studies at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium, including one finding that high tumor grade was not a marker of higher recurrence risk in stage II colon cancer, suggesting that other markers, such as the Oncotype DX® Recurrence Score® (RS) test as well as T-stage and mismatch repair (MMR) status, should be considered by physicians during the treatment decision-making process.

25 Jan 2011

Sanofi-aventis acquires world-wide license for ADC products

Oxford BioTherapeutics today announces that sanofi-aventis has acquired an exclusive world-wide license to one of OBT's internal preclinical antibody programs.

25 Jan 2011

Tufts University calls for strategic approach to teach genomic testing in medical school

Genetics in Medicine, the official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics, published this month a paper by Tufts University faculty calling for a moderate, strategic approach to teaching personalized genomic testing in medical school curricula.

25 Jan 2011

University of California study may shed light on human ability to adapt hypoxia

In an important study that may shed light on human ability to adapt to hypoxia, or inadequate levels of oxygen, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have proven that the genome of flies exposed to long-term hypoxia are changed to permanently affect gene expression.

24 Jan 2011

Researchers discover several key mutations in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Through a grant provided by the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered several key mutations in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

21 Jan 2011

Akonni introduces TruTip kit for extraction of human genomic DNA from fresh, frozen whole blood

Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing rapid and highly scalable solutions for infectious and genetic disease testing, today announced the launch of a TruTip kit for extraction of human genomic DNA from fresh or frozen whole blood.

20 Jan 2011

Revolution R Enterprise implemented at CardioDX

Revolution Analytics, the leading provider of commercial software and support for the popular open source R statistics language, today announced the successful implementation of its signature product, Revolution R Enterprise, by biostatisticians at CardioDX, a genomic research firm.

19 Jan 2011

Cataloguing microbes in gut could lead to cause of necrotizing enterocolitis

Scientists have for the first time sequenced and reconstructed the genomes of most of the microbes in the gut of a premature newborn and documented how the microbe populations changed over time.

14 Jan 2011

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants $1.5million to Liverpool University for bacterial study

A University of Liverpool-led consortium has received $1.5million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study a bacterium that causes serious disease and epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa.

14 Jan 2011

NEJM releases findings about behavioral impact of personal genetic testing

Navigenics, a leading personal genomics company, announced today that The New England Journal of Medicine has published findings from the Scripps Genomic Health Initiative, a research study sponsored by Scripps Translational Science Institute to assess the behavioral impact of personal genetic testing.

13 Jan 2011

Genomic News and Research

EA sponsors research grant to investigate specific cancers and kinase mutations

Fluidigm launches new BioMark HD Real-time PCR System for genomic analysis

Vanderbilt researchers announce multi-national collaboration on Alzheimer's disease genetics

Global consortium aims to discover and map all Alzheimer's genes

DNA Direct implements four new health plan clients for molecular diagnostic and genetic tests

New research finding shows strong relationship between gut bacteria and fatty liver

EA receives CLIA certification for clinical laboratory testing

Scientists use full genome sequencing to identify precise steps in molecular evolution of S. pneumoniae

H3 Biomedicine introduces cancer research and development operations in Cambridge

Realignment with participants' interest important for future of genomic research

Study results presented at ASCO-GI reinforce value of Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Colon Cancer test

Sanofi-aventis acquires world-wide license for ADC products

Tufts University calls for strategic approach to teach genomic testing in medical school

University of California study may shed light on human ability to adapt hypoxia

Researchers discover several key mutations in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors

Akonni introduces TruTip kit for extraction of human genomic DNA from fresh, frozen whole blood

Revolution R Enterprise implemented at CardioDX

Cataloguing microbes in gut could lead to cause of necrotizing enterocolitis

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants $1.5million to Liverpool University for bacterial study

NEJM releases findings about behavioral impact of personal genetic testing

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