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Regenerated cells may restore vision after corneal dysfunction

Regenerative medicine, or the use of specially grown tissues and cells to treat injuries and diseases, has been successful in treating disorders of a number of organs, including heart, pancreas, and cartilage. ...

Ophthalmology created Jun 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecular imaging detects signs of Alzheimer's in healthy patients

An arsenal of Alzheimer's research revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 59th Annual Meeting indicates that beta-amyloid plaque in the brain not only is involved in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease but may also ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows how high-fat diets increase colon cancer risk

Epidemiologists have long warned that, in addition to causing obesity, eating too much fat and sugar puts a person at greater risk for colon cancer. Now, researchers at Temple University have established a link that may explain ...

Cancer created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aurora-A hinders tumor-suppressor to allow chemotherapy resistance

A protein abundantly found in treatment-resistant cancers holds an important tumor-suppressor out of the cell nucleus, where it would normally detect DNA damage and force defective cells to kill themselves, a team of scientists ...

Cancer created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

AMP presented testimony to the Patent and Trademark Office requesting moratorium on human gene patenting

Today, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to place a moratorium on the issuing of patents on human genes during testimony presented at an Agency hearing on genetic ...

Genetics created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Insulin therapy may help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients

New research reveals that insulin applied in therapeutic doses selectively stimulates the formation of new elastic fibers in cultures of human aortic smooth muscle cells. These results advance the understanding of the molecular ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. Supreme Court petitioned to review AMP, et al. lawsuit on gene patents

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a case that challenges the validity ...

Other created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

AMP opposes exclusive licensing of NIH proteomics patent

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) opposed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposal to exclusively license the subject matter of a cancer-related proteonomics patent application filed by the Agency. AMP's ...

Other created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Proposed NIH genetic testing registry lacks clarity, understates costs

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in which the Association voiced concerns about the proposed Genetic Testing Registry (GTR) as currently designed, ...

Genetics created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Association for Molecular Pathology comments on proposed changes to the common rule

Yesterday, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) submitted comments on the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) called, Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and ...

Other created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biological fingerprints improve diagnosis of dementia

Differentiating between the various forms of dementia is crucial for initiating appropriate treatment. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy have discovered that the underlying diseases leave different "fingerprints" in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers report new understanding of role of telomeres in tumor growth

The first report of the presence of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) in cancers arising from the bladder, cervix, endometrium, esophagus, gallbladder, liver, and lung was published today in The American Journal of ...

Cancer created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA draft guidance document may limit patient access to tests

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) submitted comments to the US Food and Drug Administration on the draft guidance document titled, "Commercially Distributed In Vitro Diagnostic Products Labeled for Research Use ...

Medications created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AMP releases statement on diagnostics in drug labels

Today, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) released its new position statement on the appropriate manner to reference diagnostic tests in drug labels. The association also met with officials from the United States ...

Medications created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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