News tagged with molecular pathology


Researchers untangle molecular pathology of giant axonal neuropathy

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a rare genetic disorder that causes central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction. GAN is known to be caused by mutations in the gigaxonin gene and is characterized by tangling and aggregation ...

Neuroscience created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Are human genes patentable?

(Medical Xpress)—On April 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case that could answer the question, "Under what conditions, if any, ...

Genetics created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Advances in molecular testing offer new hope for lung cancer patients

The emergence of molecular diagnostic testing in lung cancer offers new hope for patients battling the number one cancer killer in the United States and abroad. Now, for the first time after a decade of biomarker testing ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers define how a gene mutated in Parkinson's disease may normally function to ensure neuronal health

(Medical Xpress)—Cell biologists studying Parkinson's disease are training their sights on mitochondria, the energy source of the cell, whose activity in neurons appears to go awry in this devastating neurodegenerative ...

Medical research created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research reveals Huntington's hope

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Scotland and Germany have discovered a molecular mechanism that shows promise for developing a cure for Huntington's Disease (HD).

Neuroscience created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein central to cancer stem cell formation provides new potential target

Researchers have identified a pivotal protein in a cellular transformation that makes a cancer cell more resistant to treatment and more capable of growing and spreading, making it an inviting new target for drug development.

Cancer created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel test streamlines testing for Huntington Disease

A new test may help to streamline genetic testing for Huntington Disease (HD) by generating accurate results, avoiding unnecessary additional testing, and improving turnaround time. The test, which uses chimeric or triplet ...

Genetics created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Enzyme replacement therapy shows promising results in X-linked myotubular myopathy

A collaborative research team including a Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) pediatric neuropathologist successfully mitigated some of the effects of a muscular disease by using a new targeted enzyme replacement therapy strategy ...

Genetics created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inherited retinal disease research may lead to treatment

Inherited retinal disease is a major cause of vision impairment in early life - and a researcher at The University of Western Australia hopes a study in which he was involved will contribute towards the development ...

Medical research created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A key gene for brain development

(Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Research institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna have discovered one of the key genes required to make a brain. Mutations in this gene, called TUBB5, cause ...

Genetics created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genome-scale study identifies hundreds of potential drug targets for Huntington's disease

Scientists searching for ways to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) just got a roadmap that could dramatically speed their discovery process. Researchers at the Buck Institute have used RNA interference (RNAi) ...

Genetics created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How the brain forms categories

Neurobiologists at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna investigated how the brain is able to group external stimuli into stable categories. They found the answer in the discrete ...

Neuroscience created Oct 20, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

AMP reports on possibilities, challenges, and applications of next-generation sequencing

Bethesda, MD, October 18, 2012 The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) published the report of the Whole Genome Analysis (WGA) Working Group of the AMP Clinical Practice Committee in the November 2012 issue of The Journal of ...

Genetics created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover surprising new roles for a key regulatory enzyme of blood pressure

At the 1st ECRC "Franz-Volhard" Symposium on September 7, 2012 at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch, Professor Ken Bernstein reported that in mice an excess of ACE led to a much stronger ...

Medical research created Sep 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rejected Alzheimer's drug shows new potential

An international team of scientists led by researchers at Mount Sinai School Medicine have discovered that a drug that had previously yielded conflicting results in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease effectively stopped ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast