Monthly Archives: June 2010

Gene diagnosis to be featured at 9th INT’L BIO FORUM & BIO EXPO JAPAN

9th INT’L BIO FORUM & BIO EXPO JAPAN, organized by Reed Exhibitions Japan, will come back again as Asia’s largest bio-event from June 30 – July 2, 2010. “Gene diagnosis” is one of the featured topics for this year.

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Subtle Mutations in Immune Gene May Increase Risk for Asthma

A gene that encodes a protein responsible for determining whether certain immune cells live or die shows subtle differences in some people with asthma, a team led by Johns Hopkins researchers reports in the June European Journal of Human Genetics.

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Smoking May Boost Risk of Certain Colon Cancers

Lighting up seems to cause gene mutations in older women that lead to disease, study finds.

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Inovio Pharmaceuticals’ Novel Gene Immunoadjuvant Significantly Improves DNA Vaccine Immune Responses in Non-Human …

BLUE BELL, Pa.—-Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Therapy has published a paper entitled IL-28B/IFN-lambda3 Drives Granzyme B Loading and … Continue reading

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Reportlinker Adds Personalized Medicine 2010: Assessing the Opportunities and Challenges in Commercializing Companion …

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

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Novartis, Myriad Get Boost After Court Patent Ruling

Myriad Genetics Inc., Genomic Health Inc. and the rest of the burgeoning industry for personalized medicine stand to gain from yesterdays landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on patenting business methods.

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Huntington’s ‘far more prevalent’

Medical experts say a devastating brain condition is at least twice as common as was previously thought.

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Smoking-related colorectal cancer in older women is associated with molecularly-defined DNA changes

Smoking, an established risk factor for colon cancer, may induce specific epigenetic changes and gene mutations that may be involved in the development of colon cancer, according to an online study published June 29 in the Journal of The National … Continue reading

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Latest Study on Diabetes Drug Avandia Finds No Heart Risks

TUESDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) — In direct contrast to research reported on Monday, a new study concludes there is no increased risk of heart attack, stroke or death by taking the diabetes drug Avandia.

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Can Pregnant Drinking Lead to Sons’ Low Sperm Counts?

Research presented this week at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome suggests that men whose mothers had several alcohol drinks per week during pregnancy may have lower quality sperm

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Ovarian transplantation restores fertility to old mice and also lengthens their lives

( European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ) Scientists have discovered that when they transplant ovaries from young mice into aging female mice, not only does the procedure make the mice fertile again, but also it rejuvenates their behavior … Continue reading

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Study finds why some women are sub-fertile with a poor response to ovarian stimulating hormones

( European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ) Researchers have discovered that some women carry a genetic variation that makes them sub-fertile and less likely to respond to ovarian stimulating hormones during fertility treatment. The discovery opens the way … Continue reading

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Cheap, simple, noninvasive blood test may replace invasive diagnostic techniques in early pregnancy

( European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ) Researchers in the Netherlands believe they are on the verge of developing a simple, prenatal blood test that would be able to detect accurately chromosomal abnormalities in the developing fetus. At … Continue reading

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Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may damage semen quality in sons

( European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ) Mothers who drink alcohol while they are pregnant may be damaging the fertility of their future sons, according to new research.

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Pregnant drinking link to low sperm count for sons?

Research presented this week at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome suggests that men whose mothers had several alcohol drinks per week during pregnancy may have lower quality sperm. The study, conducted … Continue reading

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Repeated viral screening for ART patients unnecessary with each donation

European legislation that requires all couples undergoing assisted reproduction treatment (ART) to be screened for HIV and hepatitis at the time of every sperm or egg donation is unnecessary, expensive, and potentially distressing for patients, the 26th annual meeting of … Continue reading

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DNA evidence cited in murder arrest

A DNA match helped lead to the arrest of a suspect in the beating death of a woman found in an Albuquerque parking lot early in June. police reported.

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DNA tests fail to prove wolf presence on De Beque ranch

DNA tests on scat samples collected earlier this year on the High Lonesome Ranch did not prove positive for wolf DNA, according to researchers from the Robert Wayne Lab at UCLA.

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DNA must be seized from criminals upon conviction: Senate

The law governing Canada’s DNA databank should be toughened so that police do not have to seek court orders and can demand that offenders surrender samples immediately upon conviction.

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Chemistry Industry Welcomes the HST

The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada welcomes the introduction of Ontario’s harmonized sales tax .

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