Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

Multi-institutional team explores regenerative techniques for injured spinal cords

For more than 400 years, scientists have studied the amazing regenerative power of salamanders, trying to understand how these creatures routinely repair injuries that would usually leave humans and other mammals paralyzed - or worse.

8 Dec 2009

Interleukin Genetics' PST genetic test approved for marketing in New York

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. announced today it has received approval by the State of New York's Department of Health for the Company to sell in New York its PST Genetic Test that determines predisposition to severe periodontal disease in individuals.

7 Dec 2009

Encouraging data from Seattle Genetics' phase I trial of brentuximab vedotin

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today reported data from a phase I weekly-dosing clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin (SGN-35), an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), including multiple complete and partial remissions in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma or systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL).

7 Dec 2009

VAI expands to support annual research operation

On December 8, Van Andel Institute (VAI) cuts the ribbon on its eight-story, $178 million, 240,000 square foot Phase II expansion. The expanded facility creates economic and scientific opportunity both for VAI and West Michigan's burgeoning life sciences sector and adds to the more than $1 billion investment in infrastructure already in place along Grand Rapids' Medical Mile.

7 Dec 2009

Health experts available to discuss health care reform

Edward D. Miller was named chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the 13th dean of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University in January 1997.

5 Dec 2009

Study on fruit flies may help in understanding the root cause of stem cell diseases

The body is a battle zone. Cells constantly compete with one another for space and dominance. Though the manner in which some cells win this competition is well known to be the survival of the fittest, how stem cells duke it out for space and survival is not as clear.

5 Dec 2009

Health experts available to speak about health care reform

Garson helped originate and draft the "Health Partnership Act" (S. 325 and H.R. 5606), which funds grants to states for innovations to improve coverage for the uninsured, quality and efficiency.

5 Dec 2009

Emerging Healthcare Solutions enters into discussions with a Houston-based medical company

Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. today announced the Company has entered into discussions with a Houston-based medical company relating to its patented, and patent pending, genetics technologies.

5 Dec 2009

PLUS Diagnostics expands its specialty anatomic pathology services

PLUS Diagnostics announced today that it has expanded its specialty anatomic pathology services with the launch of a national hematology/oncology offering. The new service completes the company's expansion from a regional laboratory to a leading national anatomic pathology company offering diagnostic services across a full range of specialties including gastroenterology, urology and now hematology/oncology.

4 Dec 2009

FNAC plays an increased role in the diagnosis of bone lesions

In recent years, fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) has become a widely accepted procedure in the diagnosis of bone lesions. Rapid progress in immunocytochemistry and molecular genetics has increased the role of FNAC in the investigation of primary bone lesions.

4 Dec 2009

Findings suggest severity of atherosclerosis depends on the rate of white blood cell migration

By measuring the total gene activity in organs relevant for coronary artery disease (CAD), scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have identified a module of genes that is important for the recruitment of white blood cells into the atherosclerotic plaque.

4 Dec 2009

Viral Genetics to develop drug therapies for immune-related disorders and diseases

The University of Colorado and Viral Genetics Inc., recently executed an exclusive license agreement that expands on its previous agreement allowing Viral Genetics to develop treatments for autoimmune diseases, graft rejection, HIV, and cancer based on the work of M. Karen Newell, Ph.D., a professor of biology at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

4 Dec 2009

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics sign agreement for next-generation sequencing projects at Ambry

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics today announced the signing of an agreement to provide extended bioinformatics genomics services using SoftGenetics' NextGENe software for next-generation sequencing projects performed at Ambry.

4 Dec 2009

Master gene linked to childhood brain tumor

The master gene Math1 is involved in the genesis of the most common childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) in a report in the current issue of the journal Science.

4 Dec 2009

Genetic differences determine intensity of people's responses to social rejection

Scientists have long known that opium-like painkillers, called opioids, relieve not only physical pain, but also some forms of emotional stress. Now, a new study reviewed by Faculty of 1000 Biology member Markus Heilig shows that small genetic differences in the gene for the opioid receptor can determine the intensity of people's responses to social rejection.

4 Dec 2009

Videos can help overcome communication barriers and influence patients' choices for medical care

Patients with terminal brain cancer who watched a brief video illustrating options for end-of-life care were significantly more likely to indicate a preference for comfort measures only than were patients who listened to a verbal description of treatment choices.

3 Dec 2009

New book presents latest research on neuroendocrine physiology

In this volume an international group of basic and clinical investigators presents their latest research on neuroendocrine physiology, advances in the control of the onset of puberty and its disorders, and basic and clinical aspects of the GH/IGF-1 and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes. An entire section is dedicated to pituitary tumors, including genetics and neuroimaging, and another covers the neuroendocrine control of substrate metabolism, including hypothalamic obesity and anorexia.

3 Dec 2009

Fruit flies use same molecular mechanisms as humans for maintaining cholestrol

More importantly, according to two new studies led by a University of Utah human geneticist, fruit flies use the same molecular mechanisms as humans to help maintain proper balances of cholesterol and a key form of stored fat that contributes to obesity. The findings mean that as researchers try to learn more about the genetic and biological processes through which people regulate cholesterol and fat metabolism, the humble fruit fly, also called Drosophila, can teach humans much about themselves.

2 Dec 2009

Study on the genetics of osteoarthritis

Interleukin Genetics, Inc. and NYU Langone Medical Center announced findings from a study performed in collaboration with Duke University on the genetics of osteoarthritis have been published this week in the "Online First" version of the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases and is available at http://ard.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/ard.2009.113043v1.pdf.

2 Dec 2009

Integrated eating disorders center to be launched shortly

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, in affiliation with the New York State Psychiatric Institute, announced the creation of an integrated eating disorders center. Opening today is a key clinical component of this new center -- The Outlook at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division in White Plains.

2 Dec 2009

Genetics News and Research

Latest Genetics News and Research

Multi-institutional team explores regenerative techniques for injured spinal cords

Interleukin Genetics' PST genetic test approved for marketing in New York

Encouraging data from Seattle Genetics' phase I trial of brentuximab vedotin

VAI expands to support annual research operation

Health experts available to discuss health care reform

Study on fruit flies may help in understanding the root cause of stem cell diseases

Health experts available to speak about health care reform

Emerging Healthcare Solutions enters into discussions with a Houston-based medical company

PLUS Diagnostics expands its specialty anatomic pathology services

FNAC plays an increased role in the diagnosis of bone lesions

Findings suggest severity of atherosclerosis depends on the rate of white blood cell migration

Viral Genetics to develop drug therapies for immune-related disorders and diseases

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics sign agreement for next-generation sequencing projects at Ambry

Master gene linked to childhood brain tumor

Genetic differences determine intensity of people's responses to social rejection

Videos can help overcome communication barriers and influence patients' choices for medical care

New book presents latest research on neuroendocrine physiology

Fruit flies use same molecular mechanisms as humans for maintaining cholestrol

Study on the genetics of osteoarthritis

Integrated eating disorders center to be launched shortly

Sequencing & Genomics: Elevating Science and Healthcare eBook

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)