Personalized Medicine News

Posted January 31, 2013:

• First Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Patients With Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young

Posted January 24, 2013:

• Genetic Landscape of Common Brain Tumors Holds Key to Personalized Treatment

Posted January 23, 2013:

• Forecasting Brain Tumors Like a Storm
• Promising Prognostic Marker for Aggressive Breast Cancer
• Personal Epigenetic 'Signatures' Found Consistent in Prostate Cancer Patients' Metastases

Posted January 22, 2013:

• Immune Cells Engineered in Lab to Resist HIV Infection, Study Shows

Posted January 21, 2013:

• DNA Chip to Diagnose Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?

Posted January 20, 2013:

• Tumors Evolve Rapidly in a Childhood Cancer, Leaving Fewer Obvious Treatment Targets

Posted January 16, 2013:

• DNA Marker Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence

Posted January 14, 2013:

• Gene Promotes Drug Resistance in Cancer

Posted January 9, 2013:

• Scientists Discover New Gene That Affects Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus

Posted January 7, 2013:

• Targeting Hepatitis C Treatment: The Importance of Interleukin (IL)-28
• Cancer Genome Institute at Fox Chase Among First to Offer Clinical Blueprint of Cancer Genes

Posted January 6, 2013:

• Genetic Mystery of Behcet's Disease Unfolds Along the Ancient Silk Road

Posted January 3, 2013:

• Gene Variation May Shape Bladder Cancer Treatment, Study Suggests

Posted December 26, 2012:

• New Technique Catalogs Lymphoma-Linked Genetic Variations

Posted December 23, 2012:

• Three New Genetic Links to Colorectal Cancer

Posted December 20, 2012:

• Game-Changing Diagnostic and Prognostic Prostate Cancer Genetic Tests Developed

Posted December 19, 2012:

• Genetic Variation That Could Help Predict Mortality in Patients Suffering Sepsis Identified

Posted December 18, 2012:

• Patients With Diabetes May Not Receive Best Treatment to Lower Heart Disease Risk, Study Suggests

Posted December 14, 2012:

• The Mu Opioid Receptor Genotype May Be a Marker for Those Who Drink for Alcohol's Rewarding Effects

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Cancer Scientists Identify a New Layer of Complexity Within Human Colon Cancer: Shed Light on Resistance to Treatment
• Two New Genetic Mutations Associated With Cowden Syndrome Identified

Posted December 12, 2012:

• Drug That May Help Fight Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Discovered

Posted December 8, 2012:

• Blood Cancers: Studies Assess Genetics, Modified Treatment to Improve Outcomes, Reduce Toxicity

Posted December 7, 2012:

• Diverse Genetic Alterations Found in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers

Posted December 6, 2012:

• Nobody’s Perfect: Catalog of Deleterious and Disease-Causing Genetic Variants in Healthy People Created

Posted November 30, 2012:

• Biomarker Progress Offers Hope for Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection

Posted November 21, 2012:

• Drug Resistance Biomarker Could Improve Cancer Treatment

Posted November 19, 2012:

• Breast Cancer Cells' Reaction to Cancer Drugs Can Be Predicted, Study Suggests

Posted November 15, 2012:

• Large-Scale Genomic Testing Feasible, Impacts Therapy

Posted November 14, 2012:

• A Risk Gene for Cannabis Psychosis

Posted November 13, 2012:

• 'Man on Fire Syndrome': In a World of Chronic Pain, Individual Treatment Possible, Research Shows

Posted November 12, 2012:

• Genetic Link Between Pancreatitis and Alcohol Consumption

Posted November 9, 2012:

• Novel Metabolic Programs Found Driving Aggressive Brain Tumors

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Environmental Factors Can Mitigate Genetic Risk for Developing Alcohol Problems

Posted November 7, 2012:

• Whole Genome Sequencing of De Novo Balanced Rearrangements in Prenatal Diagnosis

Posted November 6, 2012:

• DNA Sequencing of Infants and Children With Anatomical Defects of Unknown Causes
• Cancer Data in the 'Cloud' Could Lead to More Effective Treatment

Posted November 1, 2012:

• Gene Switch Important in Cancer Discovered

Posted October 26, 2012:

• Genetic Predictors of Fatigue for Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Posted October 25, 2012:

• Individual Gene Differences Can Be Tested in Zebrafish
• Researchers Identify Unique Immune Gene Signature Across Thousands of Patients' Solid Tumors

Posted October 16, 2012:

• Two-Gene Test Predicts Which Patients With Heart Failure Respond Best to Beta-Blocker Drug

Posted October 15, 2012:

• Personalized Genomic Medicine: How Much Can It Really Empower Patients?
• DNA Method Can Provide More Effective Treatment of Childhood Cancer

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Gene Signature Predicts Prostate Cancer Survival

Posted October 9, 2012:

• Animal Models Can Revolutionize the Study of Cancer
• Glowing DNA Invention Points Towards High Speed Disease Detection
• 'Barcode' Blood Test for Aggressive Prostate Cancer Developed

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