News tagged with medical genomics

Breast cancer cells regulate multiple genes in response to estrogen-like compounds

Cancer researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of gene regulation and DNA behavior in breast cancer cells that may lead to better insight about environmental exposure to estrogen-like compounds.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Duh' science: Why researchers spend so much time proving the obvious

Medical researchers have unlocked the human genome, wiped out smallpox and made great strides in the fight against AIDS.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Scientists hope 'molecular autopsy' explains puzzling death

When Richie Quake, a 19-year-old engineering student, was found dead in his bed in Yardley, Pa.,, his family was devastated. But when a conventional autopsy of the apparently healthy young man offered no answers, his ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers raise concerns over the increasing commercialization of science

The increasing commercialisation of science is restricting access to vital scientific knowledge and delaying the progress of science, claim researchers in the British Medical Journal today.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Genetic technology moving from lab to medical practices

In January, practicing doctors and doctors-to-be entered a new class at the Medical College of Wisconsin with a futuristic name, "Translational Genetics." The idea was simpler than it sounded: We are fast approaching the ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Consortium recommends microarray testing as new standard for pediatric genetic diagnosis

An international consortium of genetics experts has issued a consensus statement recommending chromosomal microarray (CMA) as the new standard practice for genetic evaluation of children with unexplained developmental delay, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New approach promises greater success for predicting drug safety

Adverse reactions to drugs represent one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But there may be a way to predict who is most likely to suffer a toxic side effect to a drug before they have even taken it.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new take on growth factor signaling in tamoxifen resistance

Differences in growth factor (GF) signaling may cause the poor prognosis in some breast cancer cases. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical Genomics, suggests that some estrogen receptor-positive breast ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0