News tagged with medical code

Policy experts say changes in expectations and funding key to genomic medicine's future

Unrealistic expectations about genomic medicine have created a "bubble" that needs deflating before it puts the field's long term benefits at risk, four policy experts write in the current issue of the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Graduate student finds a 'start/stop switch' for retroviruses

A University of British Columbia doctoral candidate has discovered a previously unknown mechanism for silencing retroviruses, segments of genetic material that can lead to fatal mutations in a cell's DNA.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Spontaneous mutations important cause of mental retardation

New research by Dutch geneticists affiliated with the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre demonstrates that spontaneous mutations are an important cause of mental retardation. The majority of mental retardation is ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

FDA stresses need to modernize its science

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration must update its scientific tools for reviewing prescription drugs, medical devices and tracking food safety, according to a list of priorities laid out Wednesday by agency leadership.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines reliability of clinical and pathological diagnoses of Barrett's esophagus

In a review of more than 2,000 patients coded for Barrett's esophagus, electronic diagnosis overestimated the prevalence of the disease according to researchers in California. They found that only 61.9 percent of patients ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0