Archive: 04/12/2015
Scientists identify new paradigm in genetics, paving way for development of better drug targets to save lives
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)'s Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have identified a new paradigm for the identification and evaluation of genes for cell survival. ...
Dec 4, 2015
Positive sign in America's diabetes fight
Is there light at the end of the "diabesity" tunnel? New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seem to confirm that recent reports showing the U.S. diabetes epidemic beginning to decline are not a statistical ...
Dec 4, 2015
'Purity' of tumor samples may significantly bias genomic analyses
A new study by UC San Francisco scientists shows that the proportion of normal cells, especially immune cells, intermixed with cancerous cells in a given tissue sample may significantly skew the results of genetic analyses ...
Dec 4, 2015