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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a biologically important type of molecule that consists of a long chain of nucleotide units. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base, a ribose sugar, and a phosphate.

Advanced Cell Diagnostics' RNAscope technology supports biomarker-selected phase 2 clinical trial of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals' MM-121

Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Inc. (ACD) announced today that Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is using ACD's RNAscope technology to select patients for its Phase 2 clinical trial of its product candidate MM-121.

From Advanced Cell Diagnostics 9 Mar 2015

IDT’s CRISPR/Cas9 online resource for all your genome editing needs

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) has pooled its expertise in genome editing into a free web resource dedicated to providing researchers a hub of information on the very latest in using the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 9 Mar 2015

Loyola's Genomics Facility uses next generation sequencing to study genetic make-up of organisms

Loyola University Chicago's Genomics Facility is using an advanced technology called next generation sequencing to assist a broad range of researchers studying the genetic make-up of organisms ranging from viruses to humans.

9 Mar 2015

Nanobody Nano-85 holds promise for detection of noroviral RNA

Infection with highly contagious noroviruses, while not usually fatal, can lead to a slew of unpleasant symptoms such as excessive vomiting and diarrhea. Current treatment options are limited to rehydration of the patient. "Additionally, noroviruses come in a variety of constantly evolving strains.

9 Mar 2015

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology targets every gene in the genome in animal cancer model

For the first time, CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology has been employed in a whole organism model to systematically target every gene in the genome.

6 Mar 2015

Key 'energy producing' protein plays a critical role in a good immune system

A good immune system relies on a key 'energy producing' protein in immune cells to develop immunity to vaccines and disease, an international team of scientists has found.

6 Mar 2015

Medical Diagnostic Laboratories now offers new HPV tests

Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, L.L.C., a CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited laboratory which specializes in high complexity, state-of-the-art, automated DNA-based molecular analyses, announces that it is now offering new Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing which utilizes cutting edge technology, including next- generation DNA sequencing platforms.

5 Mar 2015

Researchers one step closer to unraveling complex processes crucial to sperm development

Researchers are one step closer to unraveling the extraordinarily complex series of processes that leads to an event crucial to human reproduction: the creation of sperm.

5 Mar 2015

UCLA life scientists develop new method to find genetic markers for many diseases

UCLA life scientists have created an accurate new method to identify genetic markers for many diseases -- a significant step toward a new era of personalized medicine, tailored to each person's DNA and RNA.

4 Mar 2015

CHOPS syndrome sheds light on key biological processes during human development

Analyzing a puzzling multisystem disorder in three children, genetic experts have identified a new syndrome, shedding light on key biological processes during human development. The research also provides important information to help caregivers manage the disorder, and may offer clues to eventually treating it.

3 Mar 2015

MIT researchers develop new nanodevice that can help overcome drug resistance

Chemotherapy often shrinks tumors at first, but as cancer cells become resistant to drug treatment, tumors can grow back. A new nanodevice developed by MIT researchers can help overcome that by first blocking the gene that confers drug resistance, then launching a new chemotherapy attack against the disarmed tumors.

3 Mar 2015

Caltech researchers reveal new information that could help fight against hookworms

Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide--almost exclusively in developing countries--causing health problems ranging from gastrointestinal issues to cognitive impairment and stunted growth in children. By sequencing and analyzing the genome of one particular hookworm species, Caltech researchers have uncovered new information that could aid the fight against these parasites.

3 Mar 2015

Scientists sequence genome of hookworm

In an advance that may potentially lead to new treatments for parasitic hookworms, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Cornell University have sequenced the genome of the hookworm, Ancylostoma ceylanicum.

3 Mar 2015

Data provides better understanding of genetic activity during lung cancer development

Scientists at the University of Granada, incollaboration with the universities of Harvard and Yale (United States) have provided new data for a better understanding of the alterations produced during the development of lung cancer, the tumour with the highest yearly death rate in Spain.

3 Mar 2015

Study details a new pathway for tumor formation

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have identified the biological mechanism that may give some cancer cells the ability to form tumors in dogs.

2 Mar 2015

New book provides in-depth, advanced understanding of Ebola and rabies viruses

Significant human and animal pathogens remain major scourges to human health. Recent devastating Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa underscores the importance of understanding the biology of replication and response of host cells to infection by these pathogens.

28 Feb 2015

ABIVAX doses first patient in ABX203 Phase IIb/III trial for treatment of chronic hepatitis B

ABIVAX, a clinical stage biotech company developing and commercialising anti-viral compounds and human vaccines, today announced that it has dosed in New Zealand the first patient in a Phase IIb/III clinical trial of ABX203 which is taking place in several countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

26 Feb 2015

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Advanced Cell Diagnostics' RNAscope technology supports biomarker-selected phase 2 clinical trial of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals' MM-121

IDT’s CRISPR/Cas9 online resource for all your genome editing needs

Loyola's Genomics Facility uses next generation sequencing to study genetic make-up of organisms

Nanobody Nano-85 holds promise for detection of noroviral RNA

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology targets every gene in the genome in animal cancer model

Key 'energy producing' protein plays a critical role in a good immune system

Medical Diagnostic Laboratories now offers new HPV tests

Researchers one step closer to unraveling complex processes crucial to sperm development

UCLA life scientists develop new method to find genetic markers for many diseases

CHOPS syndrome sheds light on key biological processes during human development

MIT researchers develop new nanodevice that can help overcome drug resistance

Caltech researchers reveal new information that could help fight against hookworms

Scientists sequence genome of hookworm

Data provides better understanding of genetic activity during lung cancer development

Study details a new pathway for tumor formation

New book provides in-depth, advanced understanding of Ebola and rabies viruses

ABIVAX doses first patient in ABX203 Phase IIb/III trial for treatment of chronic hepatitis B

Scientists identify novel gene that affects brain function

Researchers reveal how malaria parasite deploys genetic trickery to escape immune system attack

Beckman Coulter Genomics Introduces a Scalable RNA-seq service line for processing intact and degraded RNA samples

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