Molecular Diagnostics
New Test Predicts Potential Success of BCG Immunotherapy for Bladder Cancer
A laboratory test that measures the amount of IL2 secretion from CD4+ T cells after overnight in vitro incubation with tuberculin predicts the potential success of BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) immunotherapy treatment for bladder cancer. More...03 Sep 2018
Multi-Omics Approach Guides Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Treatment
Many patients with relapsed multiple myeloma are not often matched with correct treatment options in a timely or personalized manner, and most patients have a median survival rate of six years. With standard diagnosis and treatment, relapses are usually inevitable and fatal for most patients. More...30 Aug 2018
Whole-Genome Sequencing Diagnoses Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy
Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) is a rare epilepsy syndrome that causes intractable seizures with multiple seizure types and presents in the first months of life. While the prevalence of EIEE is unclear, and only affects a subset of all infants with seizures, infants with EIEE have serious medical complications. More...30 Aug 2018
DNA Screening and Invasive Testing Show Similar Miscarriage Rates
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) tests are increasingly being offered to women in the first trimester of pregnancies at a high risk of trisomy 21 to decrease the number of required invasive fetal karyotyping procedures and their associated miscarriages. More...29 Aug 2018
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New Target Protein for Colon Cancer Identified
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