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IMP's Johannes Zuber receives German Cancer Prize 2016

Johannes Zuber, group leader at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, receives the German Cancer Prize 2016 in the category of experimental cancer research.

24 Feb 2016

Investigating mechanism behind development of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researcher Michael L. Gatza, PhD, has received a $747,000 Pathway to Independence Award (R00-CA166228) from the National Cancer Institute to explore the mechanism behind the development of a subtype of ovarian cancer known as high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

24 Feb 2016

New definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis, septic shock

Clifford S. Deutschman, MS, MD, vice chair of research in the Department of Pediatrics at Cohen Children's Medical Center and an investigator at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research , presented new definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis and septic shock at the Society of Critical Care Medicine's 45th Critical Care Congress in Orlando, FL.

24 Feb 2016

Cells with higher fat content live longer than lean cells

Cells with higher fat content outlive lean cells, says a new study from Michigan State University.

24 Feb 2016

Study: Migraine, tension-type headaches may share genetic links with IBS

Migraine and tension-type headaches may share genetic links with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 68th Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, April 15 to 21, 2016.

24 Feb 2016

Diversigen, Baylor Miraca to provide customers access to targeted genomics and metabolomics services

Diversigen, Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive microbiome analysis services, today announced a strategic partnership with Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, a global leader in genetic testing, to provide their customers access to a broad range of targeted genomics and metabolomics services.

23 Feb 2016

Hiroshima University researchers identify new class of cancer-causing genetic variations

Researchers at Hiroshima University have opened the door to finding a new class of cancer-causing genetic variations.

23 Feb 2016

Partner's lifestyle has greater influence on obesity risk

The lifestyle a person shares with their partner has a greater influence on their chances of becoming obese than their upbringing, research suggests.

23 Feb 2016

BCRF expands research program with new collaborative breast cancer funding model

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation announced the expansion of its research program with a new collaborative breast cancer funding model—the BCRF Investigator-Initiated Drug Research Program—that will help broaden and accelerate clinical research on treatment strategies for people with breast cancer.

22 Feb 2016

Understanding risk factors that contribute to childhood obesity

As the rate of obesity in the U.S. population has risen dramatically, more and more children are becoming overweight at younger and younger ages. Understanding the factors that contribute to childhood obesity and identifying ways to prevent its development are critical to stemming the historically high prevalence of childhood obesity and of associated health problems like type 2 diabetes.

22 Feb 2016

Romosozumab for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis meets co-primary endpoints in Phase 3 study

Amgen and UCB today announced top-line results from the Phase 3 placebo-controlled FRActure study in postmenopausal woMen with ostEoporosis (FRAME).

22 Feb 2016

UCLA-led researchers identify specific gene network that promotes repair in peripheral nervous system

Whether or not nerve cells are able to regrow after injury depends on their location in the body. Injured nerve cells in the peripheral nervous system, such as those in the arms and legs, can recover and regrow, at least to some extent. But nerve cells in the central nervous system -- the brain and spinal cord -- can't recover at all.

22 Feb 2016

Australian researchers reveal how nutlins pave way for improving future of cancer treatment

Australian researchers have resolved a mystery about how a promising new class of anti-cancer drugs, called nutlins, work - paving the way for improving the future of cancer treatment.

22 Feb 2016

Penn researchers develop new mathematical model to estimate mutation rates in the human genome

It turns out that the type, how frequent, and where new mutations occur in the human genome depends on which DNA building blocks are nearby, found researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in an advanced online study published this week in Nature Genetics.

22 Feb 2016

UGA scientists discover link between genetics and aging process

Scientists at the University of Georgia have shown that a hormone instrumental in the aging process is under genetic control, introducing a new pathway by which genetics regulates aging and disease.

22 Feb 2016

CHLA, Thermo Fisher Scientific agree to develop NGS-based panel for pediatric cancer research

Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Thermo Fisher Scientific have agreed to develop a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based panel designed specifically for pediatric cancer research. The assay would be CHLA's first NGS panel designed to target biomarkers associated with childhood cancers.

19 Feb 2016

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

IMP's Johannes Zuber receives German Cancer Prize 2016

Investigating mechanism behind development of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

New definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis, septic shock

Cells with higher fat content live longer than lean cells

Study: Migraine, tension-type headaches may share genetic links with IBS

Diversigen, Baylor Miraca to provide customers access to targeted genomics and metabolomics services

Hiroshima University researchers identify new class of cancer-causing genetic variations

Partner's lifestyle has greater influence on obesity risk

BCRF expands research program with new collaborative breast cancer funding model

Understanding risk factors that contribute to childhood obesity

Romosozumab for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis meets co-primary endpoints in Phase 3 study

UCLA-led researchers identify specific gene network that promotes repair in peripheral nervous system

Australian researchers reveal how nutlins pave way for improving future of cancer treatment

Penn researchers develop new mathematical model to estimate mutation rates in the human genome

UGA scientists discover link between genetics and aging process

CHLA, Thermo Fisher Scientific agree to develop NGS-based panel for pediatric cancer research

Neuroscientists identify specific enzyme that plays critical role in spinal muscular atrophy

New method could help scientists better predict disease-causing mutations in people's genes

Genetic test use rises in young US breast cancer patients

Creating NGS solutions in routine clinical diagnostics

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