Category Archives: Molecular Medicine

Precancer markers identified in airway epithelium cells of healthy smokers

( American Association for Cancer Research ) Smokers are more likely to have molecular features of cancerization in the large airway epithelium. Smokers with COPD had significant changes in the small airway epithelium Continue reading

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Biodesix Receives New EU and US Patents for Blood-based Oncology Tests

Biodesix, Inc., a fully integrated molecular diagnostics company dedicated to personalizing medicine, today announced the issuance of three additional patents. The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office granted two new patents which provide intellectual property protection for methods relating to the Company’s products and technology. Continue reading

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Sequenom Announces 2011 Operational Highlights and Early 2012 Outlook

SAN DIEGO , Jan. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sequenom, Inc. Continue reading

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CAP Urges CMS to Publish Recommended Payment Values for Molecular Dx CPT Codes

The College of American Pathologists is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish physician payment values that the group has recommended for molecular diagnostic claims codes developed by the American Medical Association. Continue reading

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SK Capital and IBA Join to Accelerate Growth of IBA Molecular Imaging

SK Capital Partners, a New York based private investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement to create IBA Molecular Imaging, a jointly-owned new company derived from the radiopharmaceutical division of IBA . Continue reading

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MolecularHealth to Introduce Knowledge-Driven Solutions that Enhance Drug Safety and Enable Molecularly-Guided …

NEW YORK , Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – MolecularHealth, a clinico-molecular informatics company, today announced the commercialization and planned roll-out of two next generation product lines that translate … Continue reading

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MDxHealth Receives 2011 European Molecular Diagnostics for Oncology Technology Leadership Award

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AACR, IASLC sponsor conference on molecular origins of lung cancer

Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States and often the most fatal unless caught early, but scientists are working on ways to improve their understanding of the disease. Several hundred of scientists will gather in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina during Jan Continue reading

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Dx Focus: Quidel Gets FDA OK for First Pair of Molecular Tests

Quidel in December received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for two molecular diagnostic tests, the company’s first two molecular tests to receive such approval. Continue reading

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Focus on Stefanie Dimmeler – Video


17-11-2011 07:28 EMBO Member Stefanie Dimmeler, Professor at the Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration Centre, Goethe-University Frankfurt, talks about her transition from basic research to translational medicine and some of the highlights of her first year as Chief Editor of EMBO Molecular Medicine. Continue reading

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Predictive Biosciences Appoints Dr. Angelo De Marzo to Leadership Team

Predictive Biosciences, a leading provider of novel molecular diagnostic tests, has announced the appointment of Dr. Angelo M Continue reading

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WMIS Announces the Launch of Virtual Portal

World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) is announcing its first online portal which features the entire conference presentation videos, abstracts, workshops, and plenary sessions. Now, at the click of a button and right from their homes and offices, subscribers can enjoy the entire presentations and watch the speakers deliver them.Herndon, VA (PRWEB) January 04, 2012 World Molecular Imaging … Continue reading

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Dundee


19-04-2011 15:06 Top Story: Princess Anne was in Dundee today to officially open the new Centre for Molecular Medicine at Ninewells Hospital. The £3.5 million state-of-the-art facility focuses on research into diabetes and skin diseases and houses 50 staff Continue reading

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Molecular Diagnostics – Technologies, Markets and Companies

NEW YORK , Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Molecular Diagnostics – Technologies, Markets and Companies http://www.reportlinker.com/p0203544/Molecular-Diagnostics—Technologies-Markets-and-Companies.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=In_Vitro_Diagnostic … Continue reading

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IBM Releases Tool for New Kinds of Patent Searches

A new analytical tool from IBM is helping scientists scan patents and other intellectual property for information about molecular data. The cloud-based strategic IP insight platform, or SIIP, uses image analysis and enhanced optical recognition of chemical images and symbols to quickly obtain the information, a process that otherwise could take months to do manually. Continue reading

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No Mortality Benefit Found For Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin in Acutely Ill Patients

Although venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious problem for acutely ill patients in the hospital, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine failed to find any improvement in mortality associated with thromboprophylaxis. Continue reading

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Previously Unconnected Molecular Networks Conspire to Promote Cancer

Inflammatory signaling blocks NUMB’s ability to deaden NOTCH1-driven tumor development. Continue reading

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NCI to Provide $8.5M for New Molecular Analysis Technology Grants

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Cancer Institute is continuing its Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies Program (IMAT), providing funding for projects that focus on the inception and early development of tools that could significantly impact cancer research. Continue reading

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Q&A: NCT’s Christof von Kalle on Introducing ‘Molecular Imaging’ of Cancer Genomes for Patients

As director of translational oncology at the National Center for Tumor Diseases and the German Cancer Researcher Center, or DKFZ, in Heidelberg, Christof von Kalle is at the forefront of taking new research results and technologies to the clinic. Continue reading

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PET technique promises better detection and response assessment for Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

( Society of Nuclear Medicine ) Positron emission tomography and a molecular imaging agent that captures the proliferation of cancer cells could prove to be a valuable method for imaging a form of Non-Hodgkin’s disease called mantle cell lymphoma, a relatively rare and devastating blood cancer. Continue reading

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