Oncology & Cancer
Blood test might help guide pancreatic cancer treatment
(HealthDay)—A simple blood test might help predict a pancreatic cancer patient's chances of benefiting from chemotherapy, a small study suggests.
Jan 23, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
New test predicted presence of harmful BRCA mutations
A new multiple gene expression profile test was able to predict the presence of harmful BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations in otherwise healthy women carrying the mutations, according to data published in Cancer Prevention Research, ...
Jan 22, 2013
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Genetics
Tumors evolve rapidly in a childhood cancer, leaving fewer obvious tumor targets
An extensive genomic study of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma reinforces the challenges in treating the most aggressive forms of this disease. Contrary to expectations, the scientists found relatively few recurrent gene ...
Jan 20, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Expression, genomic patterns predict sarcoma progression
(HealthDay)—The Complexity Index in Sarcoma (CINSARC) and Genomic Index prognostic signatures are valid independent methods of assessing synovial sarcoma (SS) prognosis, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in ...
Jan 18, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Team finds gene that promotes drug resistance in cancer
Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University (BYU) have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could not only improve prognostic and diagnostic ...
Jan 14, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer study overturns current thinking about gene activation
(Medical Xpress)—A new Australian study led by Professor Susan Clark from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research shows that large regions of the genome – amounting to roughly 2% – are epigenetically activated ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Genetics
Valuable tool for predicting pain genes in people
Scientists in Australia and Austria have described a "network map" of genes involved in pain perception. The work, published in the journal PLOS Genetics should help identify new analgesic drugs.
Dec 6, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
TGen-US Oncology data guides treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer patients
Genomic sequencing has revealed therapeutic drug targets for difficult-to-treat, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), according to an unprecedented study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen) ...
Dec 6, 2012
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Medical research
Metabolic biomarkers for preventive molecular medicine
A team of scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, led by its director, María Blasco, together with Jose M. Mato, the director of the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, has shown that the ...
Dec 4, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Risk of childhood obesity can be predicted at birth
A simple formula can predict at birth a baby's likelihood of becoming obese in childhood, according to a study published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
Nov 28, 2012
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