A new approach that could revolutionize spinal fusion surgery does away with the need to "flip" patients from their back or side onto their stomach midway through the operation—a switch researchers say dramatically improves ...
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The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool is one of the most promising approaches to advancing treatments of genetic diseases—including cancer—an area of research where progress is constantly being made. Now, the Molecular Cytogenetics ...
Oct 8, 2020
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After years of development, engineering and enhancement, researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have made publicly available a software system that enables better detection of gene fusions. The system, called ...
Jun 15, 2020
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The targeted therapy pralsetinib appears to have high response rates and durable activity in patients with a broad variety of tumors harboring RET gene fusions, according to results from the international Phase I/II ARROW ...
May 29, 2020
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Scientists at LMU have shown that a signaling pathway that is disrupted in Ewing sarcoma specifically sensitizes tumor cells to a particular drug. The finding may open a route to new therapies for the most aggressive forms ...
May 18, 2020
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Researchers from Cornell University have identified a possible target for antiviral treatment for COVID-19.
Apr 7, 2020
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A San Francisco-based health information technology company will pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it helped set up an electronic health records system that encouraged physicians to prescribe opioids ...
Jan 28, 2020
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Black patients undergoing lumbar (lower) spinal fusion surgery have worse outcomes - including higher complication rates, more hospital days, and higher costs—compared to white patients, suggests a study in Spine.
Jan 15, 2020
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When sections from two separate genes merge due to various factors, such as translocation or splicing, the hybrid that is formed is called a gene fusion. In recent years, it has been discovered that these fusion events play ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) mainly affects children, with often poor prognosis despite several decades of research into more effective treatments. A new study explains why some forms of leukemia develop in very young children ...
Oct 30, 2019
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