Category Archives: genetic-medicine

Sequenom, Inc. Files Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Aria Diagnostics

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Uncovered: Genetic cause of complex disease seen in Irish Traveller community

Public release date: 22-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Karen Honey press_releases@the-jci.org 734-546-5242 Journal of Clinical Investigation Two independent groups of researchers ? one led by Adrian Clark, at Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; and the other led by Jean-Laurent Casanova, at The Rockefeller University, New York ? have now identified the disease-causing gene in patients with a complex inherited syndrome most commonly observed in the Irish Traveller community. Continue reading

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First study to gauge college students' willingness to donate to a genetic biobank

A majority of college students is receptive to donating blood or other genetic material for scientific research, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. In what appears to be the first study to gauge college students' willingness to donate to a genetic biobank, the study surveyed 250 male and female undergraduate and graduate students. Among those surveyed, 64 percent said they were willing to donate to a biobank, said study author Olivia Adolphson Continue reading

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Doctors Revive the Simplest Genetic Test

By Christopher Weaver All the hype around genetic testing?has?doctors worried they’ve overlooked the most basic — and for now, the most effective — genomic tool at their disposal: A few questions about their patients? families. As the WSJ reports today, British researchers showed that by systematically collecting detailed family history from patients, they boosted the number of patients at high risk for heart disease detected by standard assessment tools from 12% to 18%. Catching more high-risk patients would mean doctors could better steer preventive care that could avert heart attacks. Continue reading

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Renato Dulbecco Dies

Renato Dulbecco, the genome sequencing proponent who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize in medicine “for his role in drawing a link between genetic mutations and cancer,” has died, reports The New York Times. Continue reading

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Cepmed Launches Online Personalized Medicine Portal

MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire -02/20/12)- The Centre of Excellence in Personalized Medicine (Cepmed), announced today that they have launched a web-based Personalized Medicine Portal for Canadians and joined DNA Direct by Medco's Genomic Medicine Network (GMN). Continue reading

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Genetic make-up determines whether we die from anthrax exposure

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:15 PM on 17th February 2012 Created 5:25 PM on 6th February 2012 Bio-hazard: Scientists found three out of 234 people were virtually insensitive to the anthrax toxin. They said this could have implications for other pathogens like HIV Some people have a natural genetic resistance to anthrax, according to scientists Continue reading

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Study finds college students willing to donate genetic material to biobanks for research

Public release date: 21-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Margaret Allen mallen@smu.edu 214-768-7664 Southern Methodist University A majority of college students is receptive to donating blood or other genetic material for scientific research, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. In what appears to be the first study to gauge college students' willingness to donate to a genetic biobank, the study surveyed 250 male and female undergraduate and graduate students. Continue reading

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Foundation Medicine: Personalizing Cancer Drugs

It's personal now: Alexis Borisy (left) and Michael Pellini lead an effort to make DNA data available to help cancer patients. Credit: Christopher Harting Michael Pellini fires up his computer and opens a report on a patient with a tumor of the salivary gland. The patient had surgery, but the cancer recurred Continue reading

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Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Simon Fraser University – Video


24-12-2011 12:55 Research interests include cellular neuroscience, developmental biology and genetics, immunology, microbiology and lipid transport, in both plants and animals. Molecular mechanisms that control cell structure and function as well as the organization of cells into complex organs or organ systems within single organisms Continue reading

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