Tiny sacs released by brain tumor cells carry information that may guide treatment
... that the effects of some anticancer drugs depend on a tumor's genetic mutational profile, so our results have broad implications for personalized ... who is an instructor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. "Detecting mutational profiles through a noninvasive blood test could allow us to monitor how a ...Quest Diagnostics Discovers New Genetic Mutations Affecting Cystic Fibrosis Screening
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... he found that he could obtain a sort of molecular snapshot of the tumor. "By analyzing the RNA in these serum exosomes, we could determine the mutational profile in the tumor without doing a biopsy," explained Skog. "So, this is an enabling technology to look at what's going on inside the tumor at a ...Get the latest on premier science in medical oncology
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... patient treatment and decrease health care expenses. ARUP's technical bulletin, " KRAS Mutation Detection in Colorectal Cancer; For Determining mutational Status that Confers Resistance to Anti-EGFR Therapy ," elaborates on this testing and can be found at www.aruplab.com. "In the United States, ...Exelixis Initiates Phase 1/2 Trial of XL184 in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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... only a handful of cases where scientists have documented the very specific mutational events that have given rise to new features during evolution. Oakley ... that such claims are simply wrong. We show very clearly that specific mutational changes in a particular duplicated gene (opsin) allowed the new genes to ...Two new studies on circadian rhythms
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... Whole genome studies, like the microarray analysis used in this study, allow researchers to identify genes that share similar functions in a way that mutational analysis cannot. And, whole genome approaches can look at most of the genes in the genome at one time. As part of their previous work, Montell's ...Housecat-sized Siberian tiger cubs get collared
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