Category Archives: Genetic medicine

Clinical Sequencing at Medical College of Wisconsin – Howard Jacob – Video


12-12-2011 11:41 Genomic Medicine Centers Meeting II December 5-6, 2011 More: www.genome.gov Continue reading

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Genetic Medicine (MRes): Bill Newman: Career prospects – Video


06-12-2011 05:17 Dr Bill Newman on companies investing in people with strong genetics training. MRes training in genetic medicine could be a platform to bolster a student’s career prospects. Continue reading

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Doctors Revive the Simplest Genetic Test

By Christopher Weaver All the hype around genetic testing?has?doctors worried they’ve overlooked the most basic — and for now, the most effective — genomic tool at their disposal: A few questions about their patients? families. As the WSJ reports today, British researchers showed that by systematically collecting detailed family history from patients, they boosted the number of patients at high risk for heart disease detected by standard assessment tools from 12% to 18%. Catching more high-risk patients would mean doctors could better steer preventive care that could avert heart attacks. Continue reading

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Genetic make-up determines whether we die from anthrax exposure

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:15 PM on 17th February 2012 Created 5:25 PM on 6th February 2012 Bio-hazard: Scientists found three out of 234 people were virtually insensitive to the anthrax toxin. They said this could have implications for other pathogens like HIV Some people have a natural genetic resistance to anthrax, according to scientists. Research into anthrax found susceptibility to the deadly disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis varied from person to person – revealing that susceptibility to the toxin is a heritable genetic trait Continue reading

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Foundation Medicine: Personalizing Cancer Drugs

It's personal now: Alexis Borisy (left) and Michael Pellini lead an effort to make DNA data available to help cancer patients. Credit: Christopher Harting Michael Pellini fires up his computer and opens a report on a patient with a tumor of the salivary gland. The patient had surgery, but the cancer recurred. Continue reading

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Study finds college students willing to donate genetic material to biobanks for research

Public release date: 21-Feb-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Margaret Allen mallen@smu.edu 214-768-7664 Southern Methodist University A majority of college students is receptive to donating blood or other genetic material for scientific research, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Continue reading

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Regenerative Medicine: Current Concepts and Changing Trends – Video


26-01-2012 07:54 Air date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 3:00:00 PM Timedisplayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local Category: Wednesday Afternoon Lectures Description: Patients with diseased or injured organs may be treated with transplanted organs. There is a severe shortage of donor organs which is worsening yearly due to the aging population. Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering apply the principles of cell transplantation, material sciences, and bioengineering to construct biological substitutes that may restore and maintain normal function in diseased and injured tissues Continue reading

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Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Simon Fraser University – Video


24-12-2011 12:55 Research interests include cellular neuroscience, developmental biology and genetics, immunology, microbiology and lipid transport, in both plants and animals. Continue reading

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Symposium discusses links between genetic, epigenetic and environmental influences on autism

Two UC Davis MIND Institute researchers will lead a symposium on relationships between genetic, epigenetic and environmental influences on the development of autism in children during the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Feb. 16 -18 in Vancouver, Canada. The symposium, “Autism: Genetic, Epigenetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Neural Networks,” will be held Feb Continue reading

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Cracking the Genetic Code

Biomedical research lost one of its titans with the death of Marshall Nirenberg, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist who, with the help of colleagues at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and elsewhere, cracked the genetic code in 1961. His experiment showed how RNA transmits encoded information in DNA and directs the building of proteins (the National Museum of American History owns a copy of his chart of 64 3-letter combinations describing all possible amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, and the NIH has an excellent virtual exhibit about Nirenberg's work). Continue reading

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Cepmed Launches Online Personalized Medicine Portal

MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire -02/20/12)- The Centre of Excellence in Personalized Medicine (Cepmed), announced today that they have launched a web-based Personalized Medicine Portal for Canadians and joined DNA Direct by Medco's Genomic Medicine Network (GMN). Cepmed's Personalized Medicine Portal (Portal) provides information and decision making tools that will help patients understand how genetic testing can be used to inform treatment decisions and enable better communication between patients and providers Continue reading

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Research helps demystify a genetic disorder

Dr. Elizabeth Berry-Kravis has spent much of her career focused on Fragile X, a genetic condition involving a mutation on the X chromosome that causes cognitive disabilities, behavioral issues and other problems. New medications and therapeutic interventions have revolutionized life for people with the syndrome over the past 20 years, but Berry-Kravis, who runs the Fragile X Clinic and Research Program at Rush University in Chicago, said the most exciting discoveries are being explored now. Continue reading

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SOCIAL CRM and its Impact on Pharmaceutical Industry

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privacy controlled social networking to connect patients with caregivers

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsPrivacy controlled & safe social network for Healthcare launched by Jonathan Schwartz, Ex-CEO Sun Microsystems. The networks available at www.carezone.com  Connects Caregivers With family members and allows health-care workers share information about aging or ill parents, spouses and … Continue reading

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'Wild west' approach to claiming the oceans' genetic resources must end: researchers

“The reservoir of genetic diversity contained in the oceans' microbial life is a huge potential source of natural products and genes with applications in medicine, food development and bio-energy,” says Curtis Suttle, an expert on marine virology and microbiology at the University or British Columbia and member of the panel. “The question is whether they fall under a regime of 'freedom of the high seas' which allows the discoverer to keep what they find, or under a regime of 'the common heritage of mankind' which would require benefits from the use of genetic resources to be equitably shared amongst countries.” Marine genetic resources discovered in coastal waters are subject to bilateral 'benefit sharing' under international agreements currently being ratified. But no such agreements govern the patenting and commercialization of proteins and genes harvested from international waters Continue reading

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Patents on Genetic Data Raise Legal Questions on Rights to DNA

By Andrew Zajac and Susan Decker – Fri Feb 17 06:01:01 GMT 2012 Enlarge image Genetic Medicine Advances Shadowed by Regulatory Issues Gene-sequencing breakthroughs, spawning fast-growing, multibillion-dollar markets for drugs, software and medical tests, are also creating thorny issues over how to regulate commercial use of the human genetic code. Continue reading

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Study describes how multiple RNA binding proteins cooperatively control genetic splicing code

Understanding how RNA binding proteins control the genetic splicing code is fundamental to human biology and disease – much like editing film can change a movie scene. Abnormal variations in splicing are often implicated in cancer and genetic neurodegenerative disorders. Continue reading

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Genetic 'Rosetta Stone' unveiled in Nature

A new paper in Nature describes the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel, or DGRP, which provides the highest-resolution view to date of the genome structure and variation in a population of 192 fruit flies with diverse traits.  The study was led by Trudy Mackay of North Carolina State University, in collaboration with the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine and David Mittelman of Virginia Tech's Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, as well as a large group of researchers around the world. “One of the grand challenges of biology is to understand how genetic variants and environmental factors interact to produce variation in complex phenotypes such as height, behaviors, and disease susceptibility within populations Continue reading

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Mass Gen Begins Study on Depression Treatment Response Using Genetic Biomarker Data

By a GenomeWeb staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Massachusetts General Hospital is starting a major study aimed at guiding treatment of patients suffering from treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. The study, which is using genetic biomarker data to compare standard treatment with assay-guided treatment in inpatient adults with treatment-resistant depression, will use Genomind's Genecept Assay. The technology combines a proprietary panel of genetic tests with an analytical report to clinicians. Continue reading

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