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‘Unnecessary’ Genetic Complexity: A Spanner in the Works?

May 5, 2020
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Hamilton, ON — The massive international effort to map the entire human genome, completed in 2003, opened a new field we now know as personalised medicine. The breakthrough, which identified the...

Unique Brain ‘Fingerprint’ can Predict Drug Effectiveness

July 10, 2018
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Montréal, QC, Canada — Personalized medicine – delivering therapies specially tailored to a patient’s unique physiology – has been a goal of researchers and doctors for a long time....

Targeting the Engine Room of the Cancer Cell

June 19, 2018
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New York, NY — Researchers have developed a highly innovative computational framework that can support personalized cancer treatment by matching individual tumours with the drugs or drug combinations...

Personalized Approach to Selecting Antiplatelet Drugs Improves Outcomes

March 12, 2018
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Orlando, FL – Patients with acute coronary syndrome experienced a substantially lower rate of heart attack, stroke, death from cardiovascular causes and major bleeding at 12 months if genetic...

Novel Precision Medicine Will Be Tested for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

January 17, 2018
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New York, NY – The Lustgarten Foundation has awarded Columbia University’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) a three-year grant, as part of its Translational Clinical Program,...

Research Uncovers How Individual Genes Affect Effectiveness of Cancer Immunotherapy

December 15, 2017
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New York, NY – Cancer cells arise when DNA is mutated, and these cells should be recognized as “foreign” by the immune system. However, cancer cells have found ways to evade detection...

New Simple Test Could Help Cystic Fibrosis Patients Find Best Treatment, Research Suggests

November 21, 2017
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Chapel Hill, NC — Several cutting-edge treatments have become available in recent years to correct the debilitating chronic lung congestion associated with cystic fibrosis.

Gene Therapy Restores Muscle Strength in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

July 25, 2017
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Evry, France – Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR 1089, Nantes) and the University of London (Royal Holloway) demonstrated the efficacy of an innovative...

3-D Printed Skull Transplanted to Patient after Traumatic Brain Injury

July 21, 2017
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New Brunswick, NJ – After two months in a coma, Chris Cahill, 35, of New Brunswick, New Jersey woke up confused about where he was and what had happened to him.

Levels of Immune Cells Can Predict Response to Combination Immunotherapy in Melanoma, Research Shows

July 20, 2017
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San Fransisco, CA – Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance of certain white blood cells within their...

AI-Based Personalized Drug Discovery Platform Launched

June 1, 2017
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Baltimore, MD – Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a company applying the latest advances in deep learning to biomarker development, drug discovery and aging research, launched ALS.AI, a personalized...

Researchers Say Antibiotics May Serve as Alternative to Surgery in Treatment for Appendicitis

February 17, 2017
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Southampton, UK – A study by researchers at the University of Southampton shows that antibiotics may be an effective treatment for acute non-complicated appendicitis in children, instead...

New International Study Opens Door to Personalized Treatment for Heart Failure

January 25, 2017
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Navarra, Spain — An international multicentre study has identified a molecule that will open the door to personalized treatment for heart failure.

Three Quarters of Immune Traits are Influenced by Genes, Study Reveals

January 5, 2017
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London, UK – The study published today in Nature Communications, adds to a growing body of evidence that the genetic influence on our immune system is significantly higher than previously...

Gene Mutation Found Linked to Early Onset of Parkinson’s Disease in Caucasians

November 28, 2016
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Ames, IA – A defect in a gene that produces dopamine in the brain appears to accelerate the onset of Parkinson’s disease, according to new research from Iowa State University. The effect...

New Method to Help Clinicians Identify Strength of Individual Immune Response

October 27, 2016
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Philadelphia, PA – Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have developed a new way to determine the strength of an immune response to a particular antigen.

Towards Better Targeted Treatment of Brain Cancer in Children

October 27, 2016
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Salt Lake City, UT – More than 4,000 children and teens are diagnosed with brain cancer each year and the disease kills more children than any other cancer.

New Subtypes of Lung Cancer Can Lead to Personalized Therapies with Better Outcome, Research Reveals

October 25, 2016
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Houston, TX — Personalized therapies can potentially improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer, but how to best design such an approach is not always clear.

Hormone Levels in Hair Can Predict In Vitro Fertilization Success, Study Shows

October 18, 2016
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Nottingham, UK – Levels of a hormone when measured in hair can significantly predict the likelihood of pregnancy in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, scientists at...

Researchers Find Obesity Linked to Premature Death, With Greatest Effects in Men

July 14, 2016
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Cambridge, UK – A study of 3.9 million adults published today in The Lancet has found that being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of premature death.

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