Genetic in Biological Technology

Evidence for a New Genetic Link to Therapeutic Efficacy for Alzheimer's Disease

BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering breakthrough therapies in central nervous system diseases, today announced further evidence for genetic interactions impacting the efficacy of the ketogenic compound AC-1202 (Axona(TM)) ...

SeqWright Expands into the Genetically-Targeted Therapy Field by Partnering with PharmaGenoma to Provide Next-Generation Hair Loss Treatment Genetic Testing

HOUSTON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- SeqWright Inc., a CLIA certified and GLP compliant provider of custom genomic and molecular biology services, announced today its entry into the genetically-targeted therapy field through its partnership with PharmaGenoma. SeqWright will be the exclusive genetic ...

Chromosome breakpoints contribute to genetic variation

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A new study reveals that contrary to decades of evolutionary thought chromosome regions that are prone to breakage when new species are formed are a rich source of genetic variation. The functions of genes found in these "breakpoint regions" differ significantly from those o...

AgFeed Industries Enters Into Hog Genetic Program Arrangement with Hypor, the Pig Breeding Division of Hendrix Genetics B.V.

NEW YORK, April 15 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- AgFeed Industries, Inc. (FEED), one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, today announced its entry into a genetics program arrangement with Hypor, a Hendrix Genetics Company. Hypor is world renowned as a leading p...

Famed IT Investor and Director of 23andme Esther Dyson Identifies on IdeasProject.com Genetic Information as an Extremely Disruptive Force

Video interview with Dyson featured on IdeasProject.com, Nokia's new website, which provides innovative ways to interact with thought leaders and their "big ideas" about the future of communications San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 12, 2009 -- Esther Dyson, ...

Mouse study reveals genetic component of empathy

MADISON The ability to empathize with others is partially determined by genes, according to new research on mice from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). In the study, a highly social strain of mice learned to associate a sound played in a speci...

deCODE Discovers First Genetic Variant Conferring Increased Risk of Essential Tremor

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, February 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) today report the discovery of the first variation in the sequence of the human genome ever shown to confer increased risk of essential tremor. The single-letter variant (or SNP) was...

Scientists publish complete genetic blueprint of key biofuels crop

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and several partner institutions have published the sequence and analysis of the complete genome of sorghum, a major food and fodder plant with high potential as a bioenergy crop. The genome data...

Epeius Biotech Awarded Patents in Europe for Targeted Genetic Anti-Cancer Medicine: Company Expands Impressive Intellectual Property Estate

SAN MARINO, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Epeius Biotechnologies Corporation, a leader in tumor-targeted gene delivery systems, has received two additional European patents for the platform targeting technologies and molecular designs that enable precision gene delivery to primary cancers and me...

deCODE Discovers Common Genetic Variations Contributing to Low Bone Mineral Density and Risk of Osteoporosis

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, December 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Findings Point to Potential Therapeutic Pathways and Provide Widening Basis for the Development of a Risk Assessment Test Scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) and colleagues from Australia and Denmark today rep...

Axial Biotech Launches Genetic Test for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)

New assay is the first of its kind to determine likelihood of spinal disease progression SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Axial Biotech, Inc. announced today the commercial launch of a new DNA-based test that indicates the likelihood of progression to a severe curve for children dia...

deCODE to Integrate New Genetic Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes Into Its deCODEme(TM) Personal Genome Scan Service

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) today announced the discovery by an international consortium of scientists from deCODE and major European and US academic institutions of a single letter variation in the human genome (SNP) that is associated wi...

Growing Interest in DNA-Based Genetic Testing Among African American with Historic Election of President Elect Barack Obama

African Ancestry Helps A-List Line Up of African American Celebs Join Obama in Knowing their Roots in Africa; RIse of consumer genetic testing coupled with First Black President of African descent spawn trend in African Americans to trace roots to Africa during post-election Holiday season. ...

Unraveling the genetic picture of lung cancer

HOUSTON -- (Oct. 23, 2008) -- A study seeking possible cancer genes elucidated the mutations and the genetic pathways activated in the most common form of lung cancer lung adenocarcinoma and could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment, said the director of the Baylor College of Medicine Huma...

Large-scale genetic study sheds new light on lung cancer

A multi-institution team, funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today reported results of the largest effort to date to chart the genetic changes involved in the most common form of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma. The findings ...

A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center Inc., Forterus Inc.'s Behavioral Healthcare Subsidiary, is the First in the Nation to Offer DNA-Customized Treatment for Individuals with a Genetic Predisposition for Addictive Behavior

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forterus Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FTER) today announced that A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center Inc., its behavioral healthcare subsidiary, is the first in the nation to offer GenRecovery, a DNA-customized program for individuals wi...

Interleukin Genetics and Alticor Agree on Expansion of Distribution Channels for Genetic Tests

Interleukin Genetics Plans to Continue Efforts to Out-License Intellectual Property WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (Amex: ILI ), and Access Business Group International LLC, a division of Alticor Inc., have reached an...

Interleukin Genetics Licenses its PST(R) Genetic Test to OralDNA Labs

Patients to be Offered Additional Testing Services Provided by Interleukin Genetics WALTHAM, Mass., and BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (Amex: ILI ), and OralDNA Labs, Inc., today announced the execution of a marketi...

Symbiotic microbes induce profound genetic changes in their hosts

MADISON Though bacteria are everywhere from the air we breathe and the food we eat to our guts and skin the vast majority are innocuous or even beneficial, and only a handful pose any threat to us. What distinguishes a welcome microbial guest from an unwanted intruder? Research from the Uni...

Hutchinson Center Receives $7.6 Million Federal Grant to Study How Genetic Variations Influence Risk of Common Diseases

SEATTLE, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have received a $7.6 million, four-year grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute to better understand the genetic and biological roots of common diseases. The Hutchinson Center is one of four ...

Genzyme Corporation and PTC Therapeutics Announce Collaboration on Small Molecule for Genetic Diseases

- Potential New Treatment Paradigm, PTC124 - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., July 17 /PRNewswire- FirstCall/ -- Genzyme Corporation (Nasdaq: GENZ ) and PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (PTC) today announced an exclusive global collaboration to develop and commercialize PTC124...

LabCorp(R) and Vanda Pharmaceuticals Collaborate to Offer Genetic Tests

BURLINGTON, N.C. and ROCKVILLE, M.D., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Laboratory Corporation of America(R) Holdings (LabCorp(R)) (NYSE: LH ), one of the world's leading clinical trials and genetic testing laboratories, and Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VNDA ), a biopharmaceutical comp...

Interleukin Genetics Welcomes the Signing of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

WALTHAM, Mass., May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interleukin Genetics, Inc. (Amex: ILI ), today expressed praise for the passage into law of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). The bill was approved unanimously in the Senate on April 25, 2008, and signed into law by Presiden...

deCODE Discovers Fourth Major Set of Common Genetic Variants Linked to Risk of Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer

Markers will form the basis of a DNA diagnostic test to identify women who may benefit from more intensive screening; latest findings folded into deCODEme(TM) REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scientists from deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) ...

deCODE Lauds Federal Legislation to Ban Discrimination on the Basis of Genetic Information

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- deCODE genetics (Nasdaq: DCGN ) today expressed its enthusiastic support for the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act (GINA), a bill that, many years in the making, is now moving swiftly through Congress and is expected to be signed...

NIOXIN(R) Delivers the Future to Scalp and Hair Care, Introduces the First Genetic Test to Determine the Likelihood of Hair Loss

Leading Scalp and Hair Care Company Enters Agreement with HairDX to Offer Consumer-Friendly Hair Loss Test ATLANTA, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- NIOXIN(R) Research Laboratories Inc., the leader in professional skincare for the scalp, today announced that it will offer an easy to a...

Honey bee invaders exploit the genetic resources of their predecessors

Like any species that aspires to rule the world, the honey bee, Apis mellifera, invades new territories in repeated assaults. A new study demonstrates that when these honey bees arrive in a place that has already been invaded, the newcomers benefit from the genetic endowment of their predecessors....

Researchers underscore limitations of genetic ancestry tests

AUSTIN, TexasAlthough many people rely on commercially available genetic tests for insights into their ancestry, the tests have significant limitations according to Deborah Bolnick, assistant professor of anthropology at The University of Texas at Austin. In The Science and Business of Genetic...

Consortium publishes Phase II map of human genetic variation

The International HapMap Consortium today published analyses of its second-generation map of human genetic variation, which contains three times more markers than the initial version unveiled in 2005. In two papers in the journal Nature, the consortium describes how the higher resolution map offer...

Empire Genomics and Reprogenetics Join Forces to Improve Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)

- Data on Successful Use of New PGD Technique to be Presented at American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Annual Meeting - - Improved Techniques Could Lead to Improved Overall Pre-natal Screening for Spontaneous Pregnancies as well as PGD with In Vitro Fertilization - BUFFALO...

454 sequencing uncovers significant genetic variation

BRANFORD, Conn., Sept. 27, 2007 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, in collaboration with Yale University researchers today announced that they have developed a method, using the companys Genome Sequencer system, to identify significant human genetic variability with an unprecedented level of det...

454 Sequencing(TM): Science Paper Suggests That Structural Variation Plays an Important Role in Genetic Variation

BRANFORD, Conn., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- 454 Life Sciences, a Roche company, in collaboration with Yale University researchers today announced that they have developed a method, using the company's Genome Sequencer(TM) FLX system, to identify significant human genetic variability with an unpr...

SeqWright Unveils ABI SOLiD(TM) Next Generation Genetic Analysis System

HOUSTON, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SeqWright, Inc., an international leader in the field of contract genomic services, announced today an agreement with Applied Biosystems (ABI) to purchase ABI's next generation SOLiD(TM) genetic analysis system, a development which will enable SeqWright to off...

Statement on Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing

Genetics Professionals Should Be Part of Genetic Testing Process Says American College of Medical Genetics BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- More genetic tests are available than ever before, ranging from home DNA test kits, tests that can help determine a person's pred...

Shire Appoints Sylvie Gregoire President of Human Genetic Therapies Business

Seasoned leader brings added expertise to Shire management team CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and BASINGSTOKE, England, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, Nasdaq: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Sylvie Gregoire has been appoin...

Clinical Data Acquires Epidauros Biotechnologie AG, Significantly Enhancing Proprietary Genetic Biomarker Portfolio

Genetic Biomarker Portfolio to Have Important Role in Targeted Drug Development, Dosing Determination, and Pharmacogenetic Testing Purchase Expands European Presence, Advances PGxHealth Test Commercialization and Broadens Geographic Reach of Cogenics' Pharma...

Marshfield Clinic charges ahead in genetic research

Clinics unique position gives it lead in cutting-edge field MARSHFIELD, WI - TV writers formulating a new drama series on a world-class genetic research laboratory might have problems locating Marshfield on a map of Wisconsin. But if they wanted a look at what is arguably ground zero for th...

Rice Centromere, Supposedly Quiet Genetic Domain, Surprises

MADISON - Probing the last genomic frontier of higher organisms, an international team of scientists has succeeded in sequencing a little understood - but critical - genetic domain in rice. In doing so, the group, led by Jiming Jiang, a professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-M...

Third Wave Broadens Market, Releases Genetic Technology to Early Adopters

Madison, Wis. -- Third Wave Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday that its genetic analysis Invader technology platform has been successfully extended to chromosomal analysis, opening a new market to the company. In conjunction with this important extension of the Invader technology, Madison-ba...

Annual Bioethics Forum to explore genetic testing

MADISON - The numerous ethical dilemmas posed by the emergence of new abilities to conduct genetic tests for disease and predisposition to disease will be the focus of the Third Annual International Bioethics Forum on April 22-23. The forum - titled "Who Knows? Who Should Know? Welcome to the Wo...