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Gene Discovery May Move Personalized Stomach Cancer Treatment Forward
-- An international team of researchers has identified hundreds of new genes that are mutated in stomach cancer, in a finding they say could lead to treatments tailored to the genetic make-up of individual stomach tumors.
Improved Stem Cell Line May Avoid Tumor Risk: Study
Friday, April 06, 2012 9:19 AM
THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Developing stem cell lines that don't have cells that potentially grow into tumors has been one of the biggest challenges for stem cell therapies.
Improved Stem Cell Line May Avoid Cancer Risk: Study
Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:34 PM
THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Developing stem cell lines that don't have cells that potentially grow into cancer has been one of the biggest challenges for stem cell therapies.
Researchers Find Gene Mutations That May Be a Key to Autism
Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:18 AM
WEDNESDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic mutations that arise spontaneously, as opposed to being passed through generations, could play an important role in the development of autism, new research suggests.
Gene trawl shows clues, but also complexity, in autism
Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:18 PM
A boy with autism is seen at a special school in 2006Researchers said on Wednesday they had found three more genes implicated in autism and turned up some evidence to explain why the disorder occurs more frequently among children of older parents.
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Gene studies begin to unravel autism puzzle
Wednesday, April 04, 2012 11:30 PM
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A sweeping study of hundreds of families with autism has found that spontaneous mutations can occur in a parent's sperm or egg cells that increase a child's risk for autism, and fathers are four times more likely than mothers to pass these mutations on to their children, researchers said on Wednesday. The results of three new studies, published in the journal Nature, suggest mutations in parts of genes that code for proteins - called the exome - play a significant role in autism. ...
Personal Gene Mapping Has Limits, Study Says
Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:19 AM
MONDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Many people have pinned their hopes on human genome scans as the cornerstone of the rapidly emerging field of personalized medicine, able to predict the future health of individuals.
Gene mapping for everyone? Study says not so fast
Monday, April 02, 2012 9:40 PM
Gene scans for everyone? Not so fast. New research suggests that for the average person, decoding your own DNA may not turn out to be a really useful crystal ball for future health.
First Bedside Gene Test Shows Promise
Friday, March 30, 2012 9:21 AM
THURSDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- For the first time, a genetic test done at a patient's bedside helped doctors choose the right medicine, Canadian researchers report.
Stem cell therapy could repair some heart damage
Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:59 PM
A scientist looks at stem cells at the University of Connecticut's Stem Cell InstitutePatients with advanced heart disease who received an experimental stem cell therapy showed slight improvements in blood pumping but no change in most of their symptoms, US researchers said Saturday.
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Vatican cancels stem cell forum
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:40 AM
The Vatican has canceled a stem cell research conference whose speaker lineup included scientists whose work involves human embryonic stem cells, a practice opposed by church teaching.
Stem-Cell Trial Failed to Treat Heart Failure
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:57 PM
SATURDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- An innovative approach using patients' own bone marrow cells to treat chronic heart failure came up short in terms of effectiveness, researchers report.
High court throws out human gene patents
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:11 AM
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers.
Myriad gene patent ruling sent back to lower court
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:28 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday set aside a ruling that said Myriad Genetics Inc could patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers, and ordered further review by a lower court in light of a conflicting ruling in a similar case. The Myriad case has been closely watched by the biotechnology industry, with some insiders suggesting that a ruling against gene patenting could have a devastating effect on future innovation. ...
Supreme court sets aside Myriad gene patent ruling
Monday, March 26, 2012 7:56 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court set aside on Monday a ruling that Myriad Genetics Inc can patent two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancers, in a case closely watched by the biotechnology industry. The justices set aside a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that Myriad has the right to patent two human genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, that account for most inherited forms of breast and ovarian cancers, and sent the matter back for more proceedings. ...
Scientists find gene that can make flu a killer
Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:33 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - A genetic discovery could help explain why flu makes some people seriously ill or kills them, while others seem able to bat it away with little more than a few aches, coughs and sneezes. In a study published in the journal Nature on Sunday, British and American researchers said they had found for the first time a human gene that influences how people respond to flu infections, making some people more susceptible than others. ...
Scientists find gene that can make flu a killer
Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:31 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - A genetic discovery could help explain why flu makes some people seriously ill or kills them, while others seem able to bat it away with little more than a few aches, coughs and sneezes. In a study published in the journal Nature on Sunday, British and American researchers said they had found for the first time a human gene that influences how people respond to flu infections, making some people more susceptible than others. ...
Stem cells from fat win favor with heart researcher
Saturday, March 24, 2012 8:59 PM
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Stem cells derived from a patient's bone marrow can help treat severe heart failure, but the results are even better when they are taken from fat, a leading researcher said, citing his experience in a number of studies. "It's no longer a question whether the bone marrow cells work or don't work; they do work when you have healthy stem cells," Dr. James Willerson of the Texas Heart Institute said in an interview. "The search now is to find the very best stem cell type or types. ...
Stem Cell Therapy Could Boost Kidney Transplant Success: Study
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:18 AM
TUESDAY, March 20 (HealthDay News) -- A novel technique that uses a kidney transplant recipient's own stem cells may someday replace or reduce the initial use of anti-rejection medications, new research suggests.
California's stem cell agency ponders its future
Monday, March 19, 2012 12:33 AM
The creation of California's stem cell agency in 2004 was greeted by scientists and patients as a turning point in a field mired in debates about the destruction of embryos and hampered by federal research restrictions.
Homeless killer suspect said he had 'killer' gene
Friday, March 16, 2012 6:39 AM
A former Marine charged with the gory stabbing deaths of six people in California told investigators he targeted homeless people in part because they were vulnerable, and that he believes he has a "killer gene," according to court papers obtained Thursday.
Leukemia gene mutations linked to survival odds
Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:40 PM
image of malignant blood cells in the bone marrow(Reuters) - Advances in genetic profiling are paving the way for more precise, and effective, treatment of the aggressive bone marrow cancer known as acute mylogenous leukemia, or AML, according to new research. Two studies, published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, show that genetic testing can guide doctors in how best to use current therapies as well as identify new drug targets. ...
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Detailed Gene Scan Might Help Guide Leukemia Treatment
Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:20 AM
WEDNESDAY, March 14 (HealthDay News) -- By analyzing gene mutations in patients with acute myeloid leukemia, researchers were able to more accurately predict which ones had the best chances of going into remission, and which ones would respond well to standard treatments or needed more aggressive treatment.
FDA may probe TX firm that held Perry's stem cells
Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:17 AM
The Food and Drug Administration has received a complaint against a company that stored adult stem cells from Texas Governor Rick Perry for use in an experimental procedure to treat his back pain.
Leukemia gene mutations linked to survival odds
Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:34 AM
(Reuters) - Advances in genetic profiling are paving the way for more precise, and effective, treatment of the aggressive bone marrow cancer known as acute mylogenous leukemia, or AML, according to new research. Two studies, published in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, show that genetic testing can guide doctors in how best to use current therapies as well as identify new drug targets. ...
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