Category Archives: Molecular Medicine

STROBE-ME, New Molecular Epidemiology Study Guidelines, Published

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Oracle Unveils Oracle Health Sciences Omics Data Bank as Part of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center

REDWOOD SHORES, CA– – Oracle News Facts Oracle Health Sciences today announced availability of Oracle Health Sciences Omics Data Bank, a molecular data model, which is part of Oracle Health Sciences Translational … Continue reading

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Molecular fingerprint discovered that may improve outcomes for head and neck cancer patients

( Albert Einstein College of Medicine ) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Einstein, have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life threatening. This discovery could become a component of a new test to guide how aggressively those with head and … Continue reading

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Fulfilling the Promise of Molecular Medicine in a Developmental Brain Disorder – Video


22-12-2011 08:22 Proper brain function requires the sculpting of connections between neurons during early postnatal life. Synapses — the junctions between nerve cells — are the highways for messages sent and received by every cell in the brain. Continue reading

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Molecular Fingerprint Discovered That Could Trigger Life-Saving Treatment for Head and Neck Cancers

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Einstein, have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life threatening. The biomarker is considered particularly promising because it can detect the level of risk immediately following diagnosis. This discovery … Continue reading

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Gender Differences in Liver Cancer Risk Explained by Small Changes

Men are four times more likely to develop liver cancer compared to women, a difference attributed to the sex hormones androgen and estrogen. Although this gender difference has been known for a long time, the molecular mechanisms by which estrogens prevent — and androgens promote — liver cancer remain unclear Continue reading

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MolecularHealth Launches Molecular Analysis of Side Effects™ (MASE), a Next-Generation Drug Safety Assessment and …

NEW YORK , Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — MolecularHealth, a clinico-molecular informatics company, today announced the launch of Molecular Analysis of Side Effects (MASE), its flagship drug safety assessment … Continue reading

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Scriptaid Revives Breast Cancer Treatment Receptivity

A study by researchers from the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, reveals that despite the effectiveness of endocrine therapy for breast cancer, responsiveness to the treatment depends on expression of estrogen receptors in breast cancer cells. However, Dr. Continue reading

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Rapid diagnosis of severe kidney damage

How does a doctor determine whether or not an emergency-room patient has acute kidney injury? Continue reading

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Scriptaid Effects on Cancer Cell Lines

Although endocrine therapy for breast cancer has shown excellent results in controlling the disease, responsiveness to the therapy depends on whether or not there is expression of estrogen receptors in breast cancer cells. Research from the Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, a nonprofit cancer, cardiovascular and diabetes research center located in Philadelphia, PA … Continue reading

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Leading U.S. Healthcare Providers Ordering Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine's MaterniT21 LDT

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that numerous leading healthcare providers across the United States, including Women & Infants Hospital…Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=molecular+medicine&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Cancer Treatment: Are Personalized Molecular Profiles in Our Future?

Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: the second in our two-part series on changes in treating cancer. Last night, NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser looked at the effects on childhood cancers. Tonight, she examines how researchers are tailoring individual treatments to cure or manage the disease in adults by attacking the genetic underpinnings Continue reading

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Orion BioScan | molecular | resonance | imaging | medical – Video


29-06-2011 05:57 The Orion Bioscan is a biotechnology so advanced that within minutes the entire human body can be analyzed and evaluated at the molecular level. Continue reading

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Health Discovery Corporation Enters Into Licensing Agreement With NeoGenomics

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY), a molecular diagnostics specialist in th… Continue reading

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This Week in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Researchers led by the University of Southern California's Timothy Triche write in the Jo urnal of Molecular Diagnostics that “with the exception of next-generation sequencing (NGS), all miRNA expression profiling approaches use a labeling method to tag the target molecules of interest,” adding that those labeling methods may contribute to the variability seen in miRNA expression . Continue reading

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SK Capital Partners Spins Out IBA Molecular Imaging from Ion Beam Applications

SK Capital Partners, a New York based private investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement to … Continue reading

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Dr. Constance A. "Connie" Griffin

Genetic cancer researcher made major strides in unlocking the mystery of pancreatic cancer Dr. Constance A Continue reading

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Janet Rowley’s Vision: Treating Cancer at the Molecular Level – Video


12-12-2011 16:34 Janet Rowley, MD, sparked a revolution in cancer genetics and continues to shape the field of personalized medicine today. Rowley and her fellow University of Chicago colleagues, Michelle LeBeau, PhD, director, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center; Vinay Kumar, MBBS, MD, chair, Department of Pathology; and Richard Schilsky, MD, chief, Section of Hematology/Oncology; talk about this groundbreaking research and current advances in targeted therapy for cancer care. Continue reading

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Individualized Molecular Testing for Personalized Medicine – Video


20-11-2011 13:00 Dr. Richard Zhao, who is a Professor of Pathology, Microbiology-Immunology and Human Virology at the School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, discusses individualized molecular testing and personalized medicine Continue reading

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Mind Reading: Jon Kabat-Zinn Talks About Bringing Mindfulness Meditation to Medicine

Jon Kabat-Zinn, an MIT-trained molecular biologist, began meditating in 1966, when the practice was primarily the province of hippies and gurus, not scientists. Continue reading

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