Precision medicine trial first of its kind to show benefit to patients supriya kashyap kashyap24 Sept 2016 9:20 AM ISTA clinical trial for types of advanced cancer is the first of its kind to show that precision medicine – or tailoring treatment for individual...
Study identifies 90 genes in fat that may contribute to dangerous diseases supriya kashyap kashyap8 March 2017 12:03 PM ISTA sweeping international effort is connecting the dots between genes in our fat cells and our risk for obesity and cardio metabolic diseases such as...
The biology of uterine fluid: How it informs the fetus of mom's world Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Jun 2017 11:59 AM ISTA developing fetus bathes in a mixture of cellular secretions and proteins unique to its mother's uterus. Before fertilization, the pH of uterine...
Manipulating cells may help in treating Parkinson's disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 July 2017 9:10 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : According to recent study, advancements in materials from this study could potentially help patients requiring stem cell...
Two new genes linked to Alzheimer's risk Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 July 2017 9:32 AM ISTA team of researchers led by Cardiff University has identified two genes that influence a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.The new...
Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh22 July 2017 9:34 AM ISTThe human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them. Women who inherit a faulty copy of BRCA1 have up to a 65 percent...
Bacteria found in Alzheimer's brains Anjali Nimesh Nimesh30 July 2017 10:30 AM ISTResearchers in the UK have used DNA sequencing to examine bacteria in post-mortem brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease. Their findings...
Genetic testing helps detect cause of early life epilepsy : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTA study published in JAMA Pediatrics supports the use of genetic testing, especially with sequencing, as first-line diagnostic method for young...
A new HER2 mutation, a clinical trial and a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Aug 2017 10:30 AM ISTThere is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified the cells have many copies of it which leads to enhanced activity of...
World's smallest tape recorder is built from microbes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Nov 2017 7:28 PM ISTThrough a few clever molecular hacks, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have converted a natural bacterial immune system into a...
Dipstick technology could revolutionize disease diagnosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Nov 2017 7:20 PM ISTNew dipstick technology that enables pathogen detection and the rapid diagnosis of human, animal and plant disease in even the most remote locations...
Strategy to use quinolones Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Dec 2017 7:22 PM ISTMIT researchers have discovered a way to make bacteria more vulnerable to a class of antibiotics known as quinolones, which include ciprofloxacin and...
