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Sustained Remission of Multiple Myeloma After Personalized Cellular Therapy Sep. 9, 2015 A multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped responding after nine different treatment regimens experienced a complete remission after receiving an investigational personalized cellular ... read more Design of 'Japonica Array' Sep. 2, 2015 Scientists have successfully developed the Japonica Array which is the first ever SNP array optimized for Japanese population.The aim of development of Japonica Array is not only to facilitate the ... read more Lupus: A Disease With Many Faces Sep. 1, 2015 Lupus is an autoimmune disease with so many different symptoms that it is often difficult to diagnose and to treat. Despite huge medical advances over the last few years, lupus is incurable. Modern, ... read more 21-Gene Recurrence Score and Receipt of Chemotherapy in Patients With Breast Cancer Aug. 27, 2015 Use of the 21-gene recurrence test score was associated with lower chemotherapy use in high-risk patients and greater use of chemotherapy in low-risk patients compared with not using the test among a ... read more Young Black Women Have a Higher Frequency of BRCA Mutations Than Previously Reported Aug. 25, 2015 Researchers recently conducted the largest U.S. based study of BRCA mutation frequency in young black women diagnosed with breast cancer at or below age 50 and discovered they have a much higher BRCA ... read more Genomic Testing Triggers a Diabetes Diagnosis Revolution Aug. 17, 2015 Over a 10 year period, the time that babies receive genetic testing after being diagnosed with diabetes has fallen from over four years to under two months. Pinpointing the exact genetic causes of ... read more MicroRNA Markers for Madhumeha Aug. 14, 2015 Researchers have shown the biomarker role of certain circulatory microRNAs characteristic of Asian Indian phenotype in patients with type 2 ... read more Better Way to Personalize Bladder Cancer Treatments Aug. 13, 2015 A new way to personalize treatments for aggressive bladder cancer has been developed by researchers. In early proof-of-concept research, the team took bladder tumors from individual patients, ... read more New Computational Method Predicts Genes Likely to Be Causal in Disease Aug. 10, 2015 A new computational method improves the detection of genes that are likely to be causal for complex diseases and biological traits. The method, PrediXcan, estimates gene expression levels across the ... read more Statistical Technique Helps Cancer Researchers Understand Tumor Makeup, Personalize Care Aug. 9, 2015 A new statistical method for analyzing next-generation sequencing data helps researchers study the genome of various organisms such as human tumors and could help bring about personalized cancer ... read more Enthusiasm for Personalized Medicine Is Premature, Prominent Public Health Scholars Argue Aug. 5, 2015 The increasing national focus on personalized or 'precision' medicine is misguided, distracting from broader investments to reduce health inequities and address the social factors that ... read more People With Type 2 Diabetes Benefit from Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring, Study Shows Aug. 5, 2015 People with type 2 diabetes can lower their blood sugar if they follow a personalized blood glucose monitoring schedule, even if they dont use insulin, according to a new ... read more New Cancer Marker Identified; Possible Therapeutic Target for Breast Cancer July 31, 2015 Basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) is an aggressive form of breast cancer and is often referred to as "triple negative," which means it is not responsive to the common medical therapeutics. ... read more Targeted Therapy Shows Effectiveness Against a Subtype of the Brain Tumor Medulloblastoma July 29, 2015 A subset of medulloblastoma tumors briefly stopped growing or disappeared entirely during treatment with vismodegib, researchers report after a trial with both adults and ... read more New Tool Uses 'Drug Spillover' to Match Cancer Patients With Treatments July 28, 2015 A new article describes a new tool that improves the ability to match drugs to disease: the Kinase Addiction Ranker predicts what genetics are truly driving the cancer in any population of cells and ... read more Race, Institutional Factors Play an Important Role in Pharmacogenomic Trial Participation July 28, 2015 The participation rate of patients in pharmacogenomic trials has been the focus of recent study. The research has concluded that there are a number of factors at the patient, physician, institution ... read more Clinical Validation for LOXO-101 Against TRK Fusion Cancer July 27, 2015 The first imaging studies of TRK fusion cancer conducted post-treatment have confirmed that stage IV patient's tumors had substantially regressed. With four months of treatment, additional CT ... read more 'Major Player' in Skin Cancer Genes Identified July 27, 2015 A subgroup of genetic mutations that are present in a significant number of melanoma skin cancer cases has been defined by a multidisciplinary team of researchers. Their findings shed light on an ... read more July 23, 2015 Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis -- a condition featuring curvature of the spine -- affects tens of millions of children worldwide, but does not have a known cause. Now, scientists have discovered a ... read more First Genetic Test Developed to Predict Tumor Sensitivity to Radiation Therapy July 23, 2015 Advances have been made in cancer care with the development of the first test that analyzes the sensitivity of tumors to radiation therapy. Researchers discovered that colon cancer metastases have ... read more

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