Category Archives: genetic-medicine

In Sperm Banks, a Roll of the Genetic Dice

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Genetic test identifies eye cancer tumors likely to spread

Public release date: 14-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Jim Dryden jdryden@wustl.edu 314-286-0110 Washington University School of Medicine Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Continue reading

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Given number of inheritors, donor sperm carries risk of genetic harm

In households across the country, children conceived with donated sperm are struggling with serious genetic conditions inherited from men they have never met: heart defects, spinal muscular atrophy, neurofibromatosis type 1 and fragile-X syndrome the most common form of mental retardation in boys and others. Continue reading

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Genetic ‘Signature’ Predicts Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Response: Study

Scientists have uncovered genetic signs that could help doctors predict how breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy. Researchers led by McMaster University biochemist John A. Hassell found two sets of genes that could indicate the presence of higher levels of two proteins targeted by commonly used chemotherapy drugs. Continue reading

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Focus Groups Share Thoughts on Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests

May 11, 2012 Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com Researchers at Loyola University Chicagos Stritch School of Medicine have found that patients see both benefits and risks from direct-to-consumer genetic tests. Dr Continue reading

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Molecular subtypes and genetic alterations may determine response to lung cancer therapy

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Advanced genetic screening method may speed vaccine development

Public release date: 9-May-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Joseph Caspermeyer Joseph.Caspermeyer@asu.edu Arizona State University Infectious diseasesboth old and newcontinue to exact a devastating toll, causing some 13 million fatalities per year around the world. Vaccines remain the best line of defense against deadly pathogens and now Kathryn Sykes and Stephen Johnston, researchers at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute, along with co-author Michael McGuire from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are using clever functional screening methods to attempt to speed new vaccines into production that are both safer and more potent. In a recent study appearing in the journal Proteome Science, the group used high-throughput methods to identify a modulator of immune activity that exists naturally in an unusual pathogen belonging to the Poxviridae family of viruses Continue reading

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New Genetic Discoveries and Treatment for Hepatitis C [Viewpoint]

Michael Pacanowski, PharmD, MPH; Shashi Amur, PhD; Issam Zineh, PharmD, MPH Author Affiliations: Genomics Group, Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Office of Translational Sciences, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. Treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is a prototype for personalized medicine. Combination therapy with peginterferon alfa plus ribavirin was the standard of care for more than a decade Continue reading

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New University of Florida research center to focus on rare genetic illness

With the support of a Major League Baseball star, a new University of Florida research center on an island settled by the Vikings could lead to breakthroughs about a rare genetic disorder and potentially change the course of care for high blood pressure and other common conditions. UF College of Medicine researchers studying a genetic condition called glycogen storage disease type III, which prevents children and adults from properly processing sugar stored in the body, have received support from the Johnny Damon Foundation to establish a new research center on the Faroe Islands, located in the North Atlantic Ocean between Norway and Iceland Continue reading

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