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Image: The HiSeq 2500 sequencing platform (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

New Virus Identified in Blood Supply

Transfusion of blood or blood-derived products can save lives and improve health but requires safety measures for preventing bystander transmission of infectious agents.  More...
30 Sep 2015
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Micro Ribonucleic Nucleic Acid Panel Assays Launched

A novel approach has been developed by combinations of micro ribonucleic nucleic acid specific reverse transcriptase and hemi-nested real-time polymerase chain reaction primers that have been designed to maximize miRNA detection sensitivity and specificity.  More...
28 Sep 2015

Pancreatic Cancer Tumor and Stroma Subtypes Discovered

Using a novel approach in the largest gene expression analysis to-date of pancreatic cancer, researchers have identified subtypes of PC tumors and of surrounding stroma tissue, potentially paving the way for more personalized therapeutics.  More...
20 Sep 2015
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Gene Signature Predicts Alzheimer's Disease

Novel genomic diagnostics that predict future health risks will help guide targeted preventative measures and enable the evaluation of individualized treatment strategies for many prevalent diseases of older age.  More...
20 Sep 2015
Image: Histopathology of a testicular seminoma with classical histologic features including a prominent lymphoid stromal infiltrate and typical cytomorphology (Photo courtesy of Mattopaedia).

Testicular Cancer Risk Comes from Inherited Genetic Faults

Testing for a range of genetic variants linked to testicular cancer could be effective in picking out patients who are at substantially increased risk, and therefore, potentially opening up ways of preventing the disease.  More...
20 Sep 2015
Image: Histopathology of advanced gastric carcinoma of the intestinal type shows gland-forming adenocarcinoma and adjacent intestinal metaplasia (Photo courtesy of Drs. Shabnam Bashir and Sudip Raina).

Biomarker Helps Predict Stomach Cancer Survival

A biomarker has been identified in patients with stomach cancer that starves tumors of their blood supply and reduces the ability of cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body.   More...
16 Sep 2015
Image: Histopathology of hilar cholangiocarcinoma or Klatskin tumor (Photo courtesy of the Nephron).

Independent Prognostic Biomarker Found for Klatskin Tumor Patients

Curative treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hilar cholangiocarcinoma is limited to surgical resection or orthotopic liver transplantation, however, not all patients benefit from a surgical approach and suffer from early tumor recurrence.  More...
16 Sep 2015
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