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Qiagen signs diagnostic biomarker deals
Qiagen, a Netherlands-based bioassay company, is developing new cancer biomarker assays after acquiring rights to genes and biomarkers. In agreements with Insight Genetics and Personal Genome Read more...
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Qiagen signs diagnostic biomarker deals
Qiagen, a Netherlands-based bioassay company, is developing new cancer biomarker assays after acquiring rights to genes and biomarkers. In agreements with Insight Genetics and Personal Genome Read more...
MicroRNA can help guide cancer treatment
When cancers metastasize, this can reduce patients' chances of survival. Patients with only a few metastases, described as oligometastases, may benefit from aggressive treatment. Research published Read more...
Blood miRNAs can affect cancer biomarker studies
Short strands of genetic material called MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are being studied more and more as potential biomarkers. However, U.S. researchers may have found a hitch--or certainly a caution--in this Read more...
Researchers link sequencing, biomarkers, cancer trials
Sequencing is becoming cheaper by the day. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the cost has fallen to around $10,500 per genome (in July), and this accessibility has Read more...
CCND1 predicting outcomes in head and neck cancer
Long-term survival in advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is poor, particularly in China, and the biomarker cyclin D1 (CCND1) is linked with resistance to chemotherapy treatment Read more...
Biomarkers could help with pancreatic cancer watchful waiting
Pancreatic cysts are generally benign and asymptomatic, and physicians just keep an eye on them--known as watchful waiting. However, some forms of pancreatic cysts, such as intraductal papillary Read more...
A new biomarker in lung cancer
After screening for transactivated genes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissue samples, researchers at the University of Tokyo have identified chondrolectin as a potential lung cancer Read more...
Biomarkers could diagnose thyroid cancer during surgery
If malignant cells can be identified quickly and accurately enough, surgeons operating on patients with suspected thyroid cancer can remove cancerous tissue, speeding up the treatment process and Read more...
UPDATED: Dana-Farber, Brigham and Women's further personalized medicine via cancer genome database
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital have taken on a seemingly Herculean task with their new genomic database, called Profile. By compiling genetic data on nearly every Read more...
Synthetic estrogen can cause reproductive issues in offspring
Women whose mothers were given diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant are more likely to have reproductive problems and are predisposed to cancer and pre-cancerous conditions. DES was the first Read more...
