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New Drug Is First to Help Patients With Recurrent Low-Grade Ovarian Cancer
February 8, 2013 Low-grade serous ovarian cancer is less common and aggressive than the high-grade variety, yet exceptionally difficult to treat when frontline therapy ... > full story -
Experimental Gene Therapy Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Offers Hope for Youngster
February 7, 2013 Jacob Rutt is a bright 11-year-old who likes to draw detailed maps in his spare time. But the budding geographer has a hard time with physical skills most children take for granted -- running and ... > full story -
Tracking the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
February 1, 2013 An automated device is yielding a new understanding of how antibiotic resistance evolves at the genetic ... > full story -
New Stroke Gene Discovery Could Lead to Tailored Treatments
February 1, 2013 Scientists have identified a new genetic variant associated with stroke. By exploring the genetic variants linked with blood clotting -- a process that can lead to a stroke -- scientists have ... > full story -
Personalized Medicine Eliminates Need for Drug in Two Children
January 31, 2013 The risk of hypertension was eliminated with $10K savings per patient through ... > full story -
First Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Patients With Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young
January 31, 2013 Scientists report the first generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with an uncommon form of diabetes, maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY). These cells offer a ... > full story -
Genetic Landscape of Common Brain Tumors Holds Key to Personalized Treatment
January 24, 2013 Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers report. Knowledge of the genomic ... > full story -
Forecasting Brain Tumors Like a Storm
January 23, 2013 The critical question shortly after a brain cancer patient starts treatment: how well is it working? But there hasn't been a good way to tell. Researchers have developed a new method -- similar to ... > full story -
Promising Prognostic Marker for Aggressive Breast Cancer
January 23, 2013 Medical researchers have discovered a gene variant that drives the spread of breast cancer. The study lays the early foundation for predicting which breast cancer patients may develop more aggressive ... > full story -
Personal Epigenetic 'Signatures' Found Consistent in Prostate Cancer Patients' Metastases
January 23, 2013 In a genome-wide analysis of 13 metastatic prostate cancers, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found consistent epigenetic “signatures” across all metastatic tumors in ... > full story
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