Four million UK patients could benefit annually from genetic testing before being prescribed common medicines, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in collaboration with Boots UK and Leiden University ...
Jan 29, 2021
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In a proof-of-concept study, an international scientific team led by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers has shown that a laboratory test using artificial intelligence tools has the potential to more accurately ...
Jul 17, 2019
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Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington's Disease or rare cancers.
Jul 2, 2019
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A new pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of using molecular tumor markers as the basis for selecting the chemotherapeutic agents to use in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. Based on these promising results ...
Jun 10, 2019
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified blood-based biomarkers that may determine which patients will benefit from continued hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer. The results are published ...
May 3, 2019
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What's known as the genome-wide polygenic score, or GPS, combines information from many thousands of genetic markers, each with only a minimal effect, to produce an overall assessment of disease risk based on an individual's ...
Mar 25, 2019
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Children with tuberculosis meningitis - a brain and spinal cord infection that leads to disability and death—have a biological fingerprint that can be used to assess the severity of the condition, help decide the best course ...
Jun 21, 2017
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In a study of patients with Paget's disease of bone—a common skeletal disorder that can lead to bone deformity, fractures, osteoarthritis, and bone pain—long-term intensive bisphosphonate therapy conferred no clinical ...
Feb 8, 2017
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Improving your heart health may be as simple as making small behavioral changes - a new study of behavioral health interventions suggests that they are effective at helping people alter their lifestyles and lead to physical ...
Nov 10, 2015
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