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  • Moving Genomics Closer to the Clinic
    ... Growing information about genetics and cancer suggests that patients do not all respond to the same drugs. Still, testing patients for each and every genetic anomaly one at a time ...
    5-15-2013
  • Avoiding "Incidental" Damages
    How differently should investigators handle incidental findings in basic research? In clinical trials? And in direct-to-consumer genetic testing? Setting Some Standards Commission ...
    5-15-2013
  • Your Genes, Your Choice?
    ... Every day, genetic counselors help parents-to-be navigate the murky waters of prenatal genetic testing. For most people, this may not all mean much just yet-the number of patients ...
    5-9-2013
  • Companion Diagnostics: 52 Pick-Up
    ... Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics; phenotypic testing (Trofile®), by Monogram Biosciences. ... and analytic capabilities to identify genetic biomarkers and potential companion ...
    5-9-2013
  • CollabRx, GeneInsight to Co-Market Informatics Solution
    Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "We are excited to work with GeneInsight to provide a key medical informatics capability to the genetic testing laboratory ...
    5-8-2013
  • Stem Cell Model of Neurodegenerative Disease Elucidates Potential...
    the neurodegenerative process of A-T and create a platform for testing new treatments. ... A-T patients with a specific type of genetic mutation to create a disease-in-a-dish model. ...
    5-7-2013
  • Metabolomics Advances Reshape Dx Arena
    ... genetic backgrounds and of the patients transitioning from mild cognitive impairment to AD. "We hope that our research leads to the development of an in vivo drug testing ...
    5-1-2013
  • Detecting Acquired Drug Resistance in Cancer
    ... focused on the blood-based detection of genetic alterations, said in an e-mail to GEN ... lab in Baltimore we are committed to bringing blood-based testing to patients. ...
    4-29-2013
  • 23andMe Survey Demonstrates "Genetics Literacy Gap" Among Americans
    indicated some interest in learning more about their own genetic makeup. Still, despite this interest in testing, 23andMe has found that many of the Americans surveyed by the ...
    4-25-2013
  • "GEN 10" Award Winners Announced
    Abstract: Point-of-care cholesterol testing on a bioelectronic platform Srishti ... fate of DNA-gold nanoparticles Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) ...
    4-22-2013
  • Stem Cell Screen Reveals Promising Target for ALS
    in the third and final stage of human testing would, in fact, fail. "It's a deep, dark ... stem cells, half normal and half with a genetic mutation known to cause ALS. ...
    4-19-2013
  • Performing "Informative Clinical Trials" in Mice
    ... The results of testing the drug in this model tend to not be very translatable, but it's ... We think that these tumors better retain their unique genetic background and tumor ...
    4-17-2013
  • Library Format for Bioengineering
    ... of higher-order genetic elements in a pathway. Summary Exploring and engineering biological systems requires a balance between thorough functional testing and broad sequence ...
    4-15-2013
  • Anti-GE Activism: Will It Ever End?
    ... Some anti-genetic engineering activists object in principle to patents or plant variety ... The testing, documentation and approval process take years and can cost tens of millions ...
    4-15-2013
  • Alzheimer's Gene Raises Risk among African Americans
    study can be validated and replicated in additional studies, these findings may have "major implications for developing targets for genetic testing, prevention, and treatment." ...
    4-10-2013
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    Journal Articles

  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Sweden
    Stefan Börjesson, Annica Landén, Martin Bergström, Ulrika Grönlund Andersson, Ulrika Grönlund-Andersson
    Microbial Drug Resistance
    and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. In addition, the geographical distribution of the isolates based on year of isolation and genetic typing was determined using a ...
  • Phenotypic and Genotypic Screening and Clonal Analysis of Carbapenem...
    Eric Gomez, Carl Urban, Noriel Mariano, Rita Colon-Urban, Robert H.K. Eng, David B. Huang, Tom Chiang
    Microbial Drug Resistance
    Susceptibility testing using imipenem or meropenem lacks the sensitivity for detection of ... to determine the degree of genetic relatedness of KPC-positive and KPC-negative isolates. ...
  • Familial Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Cutaneous...
    Amy E. Rothberg, Victoria M. Raymond, Stephen B. Gruber, James Sisson
    Thyroid
    DNA analysis demonstrated a mutation in codon 804 of the RET proto-oncogene resulting in a Valine to Methionine (V804M) substitution. Genetic testing in two siblings revealed the ...
  • Phenolic Secoiridoids in Extra Virgin Olive Oil Impede Fibrogenic...
    Alejandro Vazquez-Martin, Salvador Fernández-Arroyo, Sílvia Cufí, Cristina Oliveras-Ferraros, Jesús Lozano-Sánchez, Luciano Vellón, Vicente Micol, Jorge Joven, Antonio Segura-Carretero, Javier A. Menendez
    Rejuvenation Research
    Abstract The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) genetic program is a molecular ... Here, we employed the EMT process as a functional screen for testing crude natural ...

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