“Combo breast cancer treatment works”
(April 6) myDNA reports, “Breast cancer patients with HER2-positive tumors who don't respond to Herceptin (trastuzumab) may benefit from cocktail therapy that includes Herceptin along with one or more PI3K inhibiting agents, say researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.”
“Gene Therapy Offers Promise Against Arthritis”
(April 6) HealthCentral.com reports, “For the approximately 2.1 million Americans who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, treatment has consisted of painkillers and exercise but no cures for this degenerative joint disease.”
“A Genomic Signature Of 254 Genes Predicting Clinical Outcome In Primary Cutaneous Melanoma Identified”
(April 6) Medical News Today reports, “EORTC Melanoma Group researchers have identified a genomic signature predicting clinical outcome in Primary Cutaneous Melanoma, after patients having undergone standard treatment.”
“Gene Test Spots Early Lung Cancers”
(April 4) WEbMD reports, “A test that characterizes tumors by their unique genetic fingerprint may soon help doctors to spot lung cancers earlier, when they're much more treatable, researchers report.”
“Prostate cancer impacts black men”
(April 4) myDNA reports, “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, comprising approximately one-third of all male-specific cancers, according to a recent multicenter study.”
“Studies show glaucoma is genetic”
(April 4) Channel News Asia reports, “For some time now, studies have shown that glaucoma is genetic. But there is more to this than meets the eye, as a new study suggests.”
“Genetic clues to longevity”
(April 4) News-Medical.Net reports, “Many studies show that tweaking a single gene can extend life span in animal models.”
“Researchers narrow search for effective prostate cancer biomarkers”
(April 4) News-Medical.Net reports, “Researchers at Mayo Clinic have narrowed the search for effective prostate cancer biomarkers (genetic variations that point to a specific disease or condition), identifying changes in the expression of genes of the whole genome closely correlated to prostate cancer development and progression.”
“HOXB13 and IL17BR genes predict outcome for breast cancer patients”
(April 4) News-Medical.Net reports, “The 2-gene expression profile of HOXB13 and IL17BR in a woman's breast cancer predicts risk of recurrence in node-negative patients treated with tamoxifen.”
“Team may have found cure for genetic disorder”
(April 3) IOL reports, “A team of German and Swiss doctors on Monday claimed to have found the world's first gene therapy cure for chronic granulomatous disease, a rare and fatal immune system disorder.”
“The silence of the genes”
(April 3) myDNA reports, “Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new method to identify genes that keep cancer cells active and that could be potential targets of anticancer therapies.”
“Searching for anticancer drugs”
(April 3) myDNA reports, “Using the unusual color properties of gold at the nanoscale, scientists at Northwestern University in Illinois have developed a "litmus test" for DNA and small molecule binding that eventually could be used by pharmaceutical companies to rapidly identify promising candidates for new anticancer drugs.”
“Translational Derepression & Oncogene Expression In Breast Cancer Cells”
(April 3) Medical News Today reports, “Drs. Anuradha Mehta, Christopher Trotta and Stuart Peltz (PTC Therapeutics) have uncovered a novel mechanism whereby the translation efficiency of oncogenes is increased in cancer cells.”
“Researchers study Cape Verdeans' genetic structure”
(April 3) afrol News reports, “Why do Cape Verdeans have a specific hue to their skin and a tendency toward high blood pressure?”
“Paper Reports Discovery Of Virus Implicated In Genetics Of Prostate Cancer”
(April 3) Medical News Today reports, “The Open Access journal PLoS Pathogens has published an article detailing research that identifies a new retrovirus in the tissue of human prostate tumors.”
“Gene key to infection-fighting immune cells identified”
(April 3) News-Medical.Net reports, “Every time the human body encounters a virus, bacteria or other infectious agent, immune cells called B-lymphocytes multiply in lymph nodes and then swing into action to fight off the intruders.”
“Genomatix technology facilitates de novo identification of new renal disease associated genes”
(April 3) EurekAlert! reports, “Previously unknown molecules and regulatory pathways in human glomerular diseases have been identified by a joint effort of the Medizinische Poliklinik, Munich, the University of Bristol´s Children´s Renal Unit, the German Cancer Research Center, sanofi-aventis, and Genomatix Software GmbH.”
“Weill Cornell experts publish review of genetic medicine”
(April 3) News-Medical.Net reports, “In an article published in the April issue of Nature Reviews Genetics, two experts at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University sum up the achievements, challenges and promise of a burgeoning field: genetic medicine.”
“Genetic disease cripples Indigenous families”
(April 3) News-Medical.Net reports, “Aboriginal people on a remote island off the Northern Territory coast are grappling with a rare genetic disease that's crippling whole families. Machado Joseph Disease is a degenerative condition that kills nerves cells, eventually leaving sufferers totally disabled.”
“Genetic Research Will Drive Computing Needs, Venter Says”
(April 2) Information Week reports, “Craig Venter, whose team mapped the human genome, predicts breakthroughs like vastly deeper understanding of disease and creating species.”
“First Clinical Trial Of Gene Therapy For Muscular Dystrophy Now Under Way”
(April 1) Medical News Today reports, “The first gene therapy human trial in the United States for a form of muscular dystrophy is under way.”
“Researchers Identify New Childhood-onset Epilepsy Disorder And Its Genetic Cause”
(April 1) Medical News Today reports, “Researchers from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Clinic for Special Children (CSC) in Strasburg, PA, have described a new childhood-onset disorder characterized by severe epilepsy and autistic traits, and identified its genetic basis.”
“Here's proof that smart kids really are different”
(March 31) International Herald Tribune reports, “The brains of highly intelligent children develop in a different pattern from those with more average abilities, researchers said they had found after analyzing a series of imaging scans collected over 17 years.”
“New Gene That Causes Spread Of Cancer Identified, University Of Liverpool”
(March 31) Medical News Today reports, “Professor Philip Rudland, Dr Guozheng Wang and Dr Roger Barraclough from the University's Cancer and Polio Research Fund Laboratories have discovered an additional member of the S100 family of protein genes - S100P - that causes the spread of cancerous cells from an original tumour to other parts of the body.”
“Genes make you angry?”
(March 30) myDNA reports, “A version of a gene previously linked to impulsive violence appears to weaken brain circuits that regulate impulses, emotional memory and thinking in humans, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have found.”
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