News tagged with genetic signature
Gene-expression signature may signify risk for recurrence, metastasis in prostate cancer
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a genetic signature that appears to reflect the risk of tumor recurrence or spread in men surgically treated for prostate cancer. If confirmed ...
Cancer
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Researchers identify novel approach to study COPD and treatment efficacy
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have pinpointed a genetic signature for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from airway cells harvested utilizing a minimally invasive ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Natural killer cells played a vital role in human evolution
(Medical Xpress)—Natural killer cells – a vital part of the immune system – have a dual role in protecting against infection and ensuring reproduction. Scientists suggest that the multi-tasking ability ...
Immunology
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Drug resistance biomarker could improve cancer treatment
Cancer therapies often have short-lived benefits due to the emergence of genetic mutations that cause drug resistance. A key gene that determines resistance to a range of cancer drugs has been reported in a study published ...
Cancer
Nov 21, 2012 |
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New gene test flags risk of serious complications in sarcoidosis
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have identified a genetic signature that distinguishes patients with complicated sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that ...
Cancer
Oct 12, 2012 |
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New study confirms erroneous link between XMRV virus, prostate cancer
A once-promising discovery linking prostate cancer to an obscure retrovirus derived from mice was the result of an inadvertent laboratory contamination, a forensic analysis of tissue samples and lab experiments ...
Cancer
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Researchers connect new genetic signature to leukemia
(Medical Xpress)—University of Rochester Medical Center scientists believe they are the first to identify genes that underlie the growth of primitive leukemia stem cell, and then to use the new genetic signature to identify ...
Cancer
Aug 27, 2012 |
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New target for treating diabetes and obesity
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potential target for treating diabetes and obesity.
Medical research
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Genetic markers hope for new brain tumor treatments
Researchers at The University of Nottingham have identified three sets of genetic markers that could potentially pave the way for new diagnostic tools for a deadly type of brain tumour that mainly targets children.
Cancer
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Gene signature helps identify risk of relapse in lung cancer patients
A new genetic signature identified by Spanish researchers may provide doctors with robust and objective information about which patients with early stage lung cancer are at low or high risk of relapse following surgery, investigators ...
Cancer
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Target set on cancer gene MCL1
A research team pursuing one of the most commonly altered genes in cancer has laid a critical foundation for understanding this gene that could point the way toward developing drugs against it. A recent study of cancer genetics ...
Cancer
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Researchers identify new regulator in allergic diseases
Researchers have taken a critical step in understanding how allergic reactions occur after identifying a genetic signature for regulation of a key immune hormone, interleukin (IL-13).
Immunology
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Genetic marker for painful food allergy points to improved diagnosis, treatment
Researchers have identified a genetic signature for a severe, often painful food allergy – eosinophilic esophagitis – that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment for children unable to eat a wide variety ...
Immunology
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Novel gene mutations associated with bile duct cancer
Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified a new genetic signature associated with bile duct cancer, a usually deadly tumor for which effective treatment currently is limited. ...
Cancer
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Almac devises test to detect likelihood of colon cancer recurring
The findings of Almac scientists' research have been published in the online version of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) ahead of the print edition of the journal. The JCO is the peer-reviewed publication o ...
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