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Pathway Genomics collaborates with Singapore-based company, Parkway Laboratory Services

Pathway Genomics Corporation, a San Diego-based clinical laboratory that offers genetic testing services internationally, has partnered with Parkway Laboratory Services Ltd, an ancillary service of Parkway Pantai Limited, the largest private healthcare provider in Singapore, and one of the largest private healthcare providers in Asia.

1 Jul 2013

Director of Molecular Diagnostics receives AMP 2013 Leadership Award

Jan A. Nowak, PhD, MD, has been awarded the Association for Molecular Pathology 2013 Leadership Award. This is the highest honor that AMP gives exclusively to one of its members - one who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the accomplishment of the mission and vision of AMP.

1 Jul 2013

Synthetic biology technology could lead to new antibiotics, modified protein-generators

Synthetic biology researchers at Northwestern University, working with partners at Harvard Medical School, have for the first time synthesized ribosomes -- cell structures responsible for generating all proteins and enzymes in our bodies -- from scratch in a test tube.

30 Jun 2013

Biomarker indicates which women are at risk for breast cancer recurrence after tamoxifen

A biomarker reflecting expression levels of two genes in tumor tissue may be able to predict which women treated for estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer should receive a second estrogen-blocking medication after completing tamoxifen treatment.

30 Jun 2013

New approaches to regenerate insulin-producing cells for type I diabetes

They have also shown that any pancreatic β cells can be regenerated several times and that chemically-induced diabetes in mice can thus be "treated" repeatedly. The challenge for the researchers is now to show that these procedures can be applied to humans.

28 Jun 2013

Chromosomal deletion associated with changes in brain's white matter and delays language acquisition

A chromosomal deletion is associated with changes in the brain's white matter and delayed language acquisition in youngsters from Southeast Asia or with ancestral connections to the region, said an international consortium led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine.

28 Jun 2013

RUCDR Infinite Biologics receives $44.5 million Cooperative Agreement award from NIMH centre

RUCDR Infinite Biologics, the world's largest university-based biorepository, received a $44.5 million Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Mental Health earlier this month to support its NIMH Center for Collaborative Genomics Research on Mental Disorders, which provides services to NIMH-funded scientists engaged in genomic research on mental disorders.

28 Jun 2013

Study: Children with Crohn's disease have enterovirus in their intestines

A new study reveals that all children with Crohn's disease that were examined had a commonly occurring virus - an enterovirus - in their intestines. This link has previously not been shown for this chronic inflammatory intestinal disorder. The findings are being published today in the latest issue of the international journal Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.

28 Jun 2013

Stanford researchers take new step in deciphering of histone code

A chemical code scrawled on histones - the protein husks that coat DNA in every animal or plant cell - determines which genes in that cell are turned on and which are turned off.

28 Jun 2013

UH Eye Institute to use Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System to treat patients with RP

University Hospitals Eye Institute will be one of the first medical centers in the United States to offer the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System.

28 Jun 2013

UNIGE researchers identify genomic variations associated with trisomy 21

Down syndrome, more commonly known as "trisomy 21" is very often accompanied by pathologies found in the general population: Alzheimer's disease, leukemia, or cardiac deficiency.

28 Jun 2013

Second Edition of Human Evolutionary Genetics now available

Garland Science is proud to announce the publication of the long-awaited Second Edition of Human Evolutionary Genetics by Jobling, Hollux, Hurles, Kivisild, and Tyler-Smith.

27 Jun 2013

AAHC develops online toolkit to address non-medical issues that impact health and well-being

The Association of Academic Health Centers has developed wherehealthbegins.org, an online toolkit of best practices and resources for academic health centers and their community partners to use in addressing the broad range of non-medical issues that impact health and well-being.

27 Jun 2013

Researchers say genetics and life experience independently protect against cognitive decline in MS

U.S. and Italian researchers have determined that brain reserve, as well as cognitive reserve, independently protects against cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis (MS). Their article, "Brain reserve and cognitive reserve in multiple sclerosis: What you've got and how you use it", was published in Neurology on June 11, 2013.

26 Jun 2013

Prader-Willi syndrome results in dysregulation of circadian and metabolic genes

Researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute and Agilent Laboratories have found that Prader-Willi syndrome - a genetic disorder best known for causing an insatiable appetite that can lead to morbid obesity - is associated with the loss of non-coding RNAs, resulting in the dysregulation of circadian and metabolic genes, accelerated energy expenditure and metabolic differences during sleep.

26 Jun 2013

A paradigm shift for treatment of muscular dystrophy

Researchers at Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College have identified a combinatorial therapeutic approach that has proven effective in treating muscular dystrophy in a mouse model.

26 Jun 2013

Seattle Genetics collaborates with Bayer HealthCare for new antibody-drug conjugate

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) collaboration with Bayer HealthCare (Bayer). Under the latest relationship, Bayer will pay upfront and option exercise fees of up to $20 million for worldwide rights to utilize Seattle Genetics' auristatin-based ADC technology with antibodies to several oncology targets.

25 Jun 2013

Scientist discovers key mutations that sparked hormonal revolution 500 million years ago

Evolution, it seems, sometimes jumps instead of crawls. A research team led by a University of Chicago scientist has discovered two key mutations that sparked a hormonal revolution 500 million years ago.

25 Jun 2013

MGHfC physicians describe how pediatric practices can help address parental smoking

Finally some good news for parents who smoke: you may now be able to get help quitting from an unlikely source, your child's doctor. A study in the journal Pediatrics, which has been posted online, shows that it is feasible for pediatric practices to incorporate into their normal routine efforts to inform patients' parents about services available to help them quit smoking.

25 Jun 2013

UCSF scientists explore how Dact1 mutations contribute to psychiatric disorders

Gene mutations that cause cell signaling networks to go awry during embryonic development and lead to major birth defects may also cause subtle disruptions in the brain that contribute to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, autism, and bipolar disorder, according to new research by UC San Francisco scientists.

25 Jun 2013

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

Pathway Genomics collaborates with Singapore-based company, Parkway Laboratory Services

Director of Molecular Diagnostics receives AMP 2013 Leadership Award

Synthetic biology technology could lead to new antibiotics, modified protein-generators

Biomarker indicates which women are at risk for breast cancer recurrence after tamoxifen

New approaches to regenerate insulin-producing cells for type I diabetes

Chromosomal deletion associated with changes in brain's white matter and delays language acquisition

RUCDR Infinite Biologics receives $44.5 million Cooperative Agreement award from NIMH centre

Study: Children with Crohn's disease have enterovirus in their intestines

Stanford researchers take new step in deciphering of histone code

UH Eye Institute to use Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System to treat patients with RP

UNIGE researchers identify genomic variations associated with trisomy 21

Second Edition of Human Evolutionary Genetics now available

AAHC develops online toolkit to address non-medical issues that impact health and well-being

Researchers say genetics and life experience independently protect against cognitive decline in MS

Prader-Willi syndrome results in dysregulation of circadian and metabolic genes

A paradigm shift for treatment of muscular dystrophy

Seattle Genetics collaborates with Bayer HealthCare for new antibody-drug conjugate

Scientist discovers key mutations that sparked hormonal revolution 500 million years ago

MGHfC physicians describe how pediatric practices can help address parental smoking

UCSF scientists explore how Dact1 mutations contribute to psychiatric disorders

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