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Specific class of biomarkers can accurately indicate the severity of cancer

A cancer diagnosis tells you that you have cancer, but how that cancer will progress is a terrifying uncertainty for most patients. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have now identified a specific class of biomarkers that can tell a lot about how aggressive a patient's cancer will be.

11 Dec 2018

ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress showcases novel technologies set to benefit many cancer patients

Innovation in immuno-oncology is exploding and new technologies that are set to benefit many patients with cancer are being showcased in the highly diverse array of topics to be discussed at the ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, to be held 13-16 December in Geneva, Switzerland.

11 Dec 2018

Study provides new understanding of mysterious 'hereditary swelling'

An upper arm that swells to twice its normal size. A stomach that inexplicably swells up causing colic pain, vomiting or diarrhea. Or a life-threatening variant with severe swelling of the face, lips, tongue and larynx, bringing the risk of obstructed airways and death by suffocation.

11 Dec 2018

New computer model predicts prostate cancer progression

An international team of cancer researchers from Denmark and Germany have used cancer patient data to develop a computer model that can predict the course of disease for prostate cancer.

11 Dec 2018

Researchers uncover a number of previously unknown insecticide resistance mechanisms

Researchers at LSTM have used a bioinformatics approach to integrate information from multiple studies on insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and uncovered a number of important resistance mechanisms that had not previously been recognized.

11 Dec 2018

Novel personalized medicine tool for assessing inherited colorectal cancer syndrome risk developed

An international team of researchers led by Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has developed, calibrated, and validated a novel tool for identifying the genetic changes in Lynch syndrome genes that are likely to be responsible for causing symptoms of the disease.

10 Dec 2018

Researchers explore how glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells

Two types of cells are active in the brain: nerve cells and glial cells. The latter have long been regarded primarily as supportive cells, but it is increasingly recognized that they play an active role in the communication between neurons in the brain.

10 Dec 2018

Scientists find answers to how cancer spreads

How does cancer spread? While studying human brain tumor cells, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre found some answers to this crucial, yet so far unanswered question.

10 Dec 2018

Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca open new Functional Genomics Centre

Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca have announced today (Monday) that they are opening a new center in the UK, dedicated to realizing the full potential of functional genomics in the discovery and development of new drugs for patients with cancer.

10 Dec 2018

Novel therapeutic targets based on biology of aging show promise for Alzheimer's disease

A scientific strategy that explores therapeutic targets based on the biology of aging is gaining ground as an effective approach to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the December 7, 2018 online issue of Neurology.

10 Dec 2018

Lund University researchers succeed in obtaining dendritic cells by direct reprogramming

For the first time, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has successfully reprogrammed mouse and human skin cells into immune cells called dendritic cells.

9 Dec 2018

Multigene test is a helpful decision making tool in breast cancer treatment, study shows

Multigene tests have been used in breast cancer treatment to assess the risk of metastasis for several years. A team at the Breast Cancer Center at the Technical University of Munich's Klinikum rechts der Isar has now presented results based on data collected in its routine clinical work.

7 Dec 2018

Black women with breast cancer have worse outcomes despite receiving equivalent treatments as white women

Even with equivalent treatments in women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, black women had significantly higher breast cancer recurrence and increased overall mortality compared to white women in a large phase III clinical trial, TAILORx, according to data presented at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 4-8.

7 Dec 2018

New technology for profiling genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells developed

Cancer arises when cells lose control. Deciphering the "blueprint" of cancer cells - outlining how cancer cells hijack specific pathways for uncontrolled proliferation - will lead to more efficient ways to fight it.

7 Dec 2018

MUHC's 'Dr. House' discovers new genetic disease and the gene responsible for it

A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre led by Dr. Donald Vinh, the RI's so-called "Dr. House" because of his research into rare diseases, has discovered a new human disease and the gene responsible for it, paving the way for the proper diagnosis of patients globally and the development of new therapies.

7 Dec 2018

Newly developed molecules may provide more reliable relief for people with autoimmune diseases

Living with an autoimmune disease can feel like an insider is attacking your body. An estimated 24 million people in the United States are affected by autoimmune diseases, a group of diseases in which a person's immune system attacks part of the person's own body.

7 Dec 2018

Fractals can help describe how cancer spreads in the body and the right tools to stop it

What can seashells, lightning and the coastline of Britain teach us about new drugs for cancer?

7 Dec 2018

New way of controlling HIV latency to completely eradicate the virus

A new study suggests that a genetic switch that causes latent HIV inside cells to begin to replicate can be manipulated to completely eradicate the virus from the human body. Cells harboring latent HIV are "invisible" to the natural defenses of the immune system.

7 Dec 2018

Discovery of gene that is calorie-burning and reduces fat storage

Australian researchers have found a gene which when removed could allow a person to eat as much as they want but not get fat. The study results were published in the latest issue of the journal European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Reports.

6 Dec 2018

New way to trace the transmission histories of rare genetic diseases

There are only 25 people in the whole of Quebec at the moment who have a rare recessive genetic disease called chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia. Now, scientists have begun tracing the origins of these diseases.

6 Dec 2018

Gene News and Research

Latest Gene News and Research

Specific class of biomarkers can accurately indicate the severity of cancer

ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress showcases novel technologies set to benefit many cancer patients

Study provides new understanding of mysterious 'hereditary swelling'

New computer model predicts prostate cancer progression

Researchers uncover a number of previously unknown insecticide resistance mechanisms

Novel personalized medicine tool for assessing inherited colorectal cancer syndrome risk developed

Researchers explore how glial cells develop in the brain from neural precursor cells

Scientists find answers to how cancer spreads

Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca open new Functional Genomics Centre

Novel therapeutic targets based on biology of aging show promise for Alzheimer's disease

Lund University researchers succeed in obtaining dendritic cells by direct reprogramming

Multigene test is a helpful decision making tool in breast cancer treatment, study shows

Black women with breast cancer have worse outcomes despite receiving equivalent treatments as white women

New technology for profiling genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells developed

MUHC's 'Dr. House' discovers new genetic disease and the gene responsible for it

Newly developed molecules may provide more reliable relief for people with autoimmune diseases

Fractals can help describe how cancer spreads in the body and the right tools to stop it

New way of controlling HIV latency to completely eradicate the virus

Discovery of gene that is calorie-burning and reduces fat storage

New way to trace the transmission histories of rare genetic diseases

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