Transatlantic research alliance aims to develop radical new strategies for early cancer detection
Oct 18 2019
Developing radical new strategies and technologies to detect cancer at its earliest stage is the bold ambition of a new transatlantic research alliance, announced today (Monday) by Cancer Research UK and partners.
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Yale scientists build powerful genomic research platform to study cervical cancer
Yale Cancer Center scientists have built a powerful genomic research platform to study cervical cancer, a disease that often is untreatable if it progresses after surgery or primary chemo-radiation treatment. The work is described...
Researchers quantify limitations of health reports from direct-to-consumer genetic tests
Findings reported at ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting
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HOUSTON, Texas – Health reports from direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests that use a limited variant screening approach often yield clinical false-negative results, which pose the...
Research could help explain why memory in old age is less flexible than in...
New research from King's College London and The Open University could help explain why memory in old age is much less flexible than in young adulthood.
Through experiments in mice the researchers discovered that there...
Better Research Begins with an Experienced Solution Provider
The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a global leader in mammalian genetics and preclinical disease modeling, has been a driving force in supporting global drug discovery for 90 years. Our passion is empowering the development of...
Making Sample Management in a Laboratory Digital
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In this interview, Neil Benn, Managing Director from Ziath talks to News-Medical about their range of 2D Barcode Scanners that are making sample management digital in the laboratory.
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Health: the hits keep coming for Avecho Biotechnology – Stockhead
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Avecho Biotechnology (ASX:AVE), the company formerly known as Phosphagenics, announced that its Japanese partner is pulling support after three years of research.
Avecho has a patented drug delivery system called targeted penetration matrix...
Human medicines affect fish behavior
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Human medicines that act on important signal systems in the brain make fish bolder, shows a new study on three-spined sticklebacks by researchers at Linköping University. The results reinforce that the signal...
Young blood may hold the key to treating age-related diseases
In what sounds like a scene from a science fiction movie, researchers in 2005 stitched together old and young mice so they shared a circulatory system. Youthful blood seemingly rejuvenated many tissues of the...
Alexion to Acquire Achillion for $930M+, Expanding Rare Disease Portfolio
Alexion Pharmaceuticals CEO Ludwig Hantson, PhD
Alexion Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire Achillion Pharmaceuticals for $930 million-plus, the companies said today, in a deal designed to strengthen the buyer’s portfolio of rare disease treatments based...
