Gene Mutation Could Be Key to Rare Blood Vessel Disease
Finding may lead to new treatments, researcher says WEDNESDAY, July 22 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in a protein called thrombomodulin, which is involved in blood clotting and preventing cell damage, may be the cause of some atypical HUS, a new Canadian study suggests. The finding ...Gene Mutation Is Linked to Heart Muscle Disease
Findings shed light on understanding of dilated cardiomyopathy WEDNESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- Gene mutations that cause heart muscle disease and chronic heart failure in some children and adults with dilated cardiomyopathy have been identified by researchers. Dilated cardiom...Cancer Researchers Link DICER1 Gene Mutation to Rare Childhood Cancer
Finding may have implications for gene's role in other cancers Washington, DC (Vocus) June 25, 2009 -- Research published today in Science Express from the journal Science demonstrates the first definitive link between mutations in the gene DICER1and cancer. By studying...Clarient Launches New Gene Mutation Test to Help Select Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation Test May Be Key To Identifying Patient Response to Drug Therapies ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT ), a premier anatomic pathology and molecular testing services resource for pathologists, oncologis...USC researchers identify DNA mutation that occurs at beginning point of T-cell lymphoma
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a key mechanism that causes chromosomes within blood cells to breakan occurrence that marks the first step in the development of human lymphoma. The study provides researchers with the clea...Gene Mutation May Up Risks of Endometrial Cancer
Marker indicates aggressiveness of the disease, study finds,, ,, WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic marker for aggressive endometrial cancer has been identified by U.S. researchers, who said their finding could lead to more targeted and risk-appropriate treatments. The ...ARUP Laboratories Applauds FDA's Decision on the Value of KRAS-Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer
... mutation-detection test can potentially eliminate ineffective 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 ...Prothrombin Nucleotide 20210 G/A Gene Mutation (Factor II), Fetal
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Prothrombin Nucleotide 20210 G/A Gene Mutation (Factor II)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Mutation Detection, Fetal
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Mutation Detection (Thermolabile Form) (C677T & A1298C)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Family Specific Mutation (HHT)
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Scientists discover gene mutation responsible for hereditary neuroendocrine tumor
SALT LAKE CITY University of Utah researchers and their colleagues have identified the gene that is mutated in a hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumor called paraganglioma (PGL). The gene, called hSDH5, is required for activation of an enzyme complex that plays a critical role in the che...Stowers researchers develop whole genome sequencing approach for mutation discovery
The Stowers Institute's Hawley Lab and Molecular Biology Facility have developed a "whole-genome sequencing approach" to mapping mutations in fruit flies. The novel methodology promises to reduce the time and effort required to identify mutations of biological interest. The work was published in t...Gene mutation increases drug toxicity, rejection risk in pediatric kidney transplants
CINCINNATI Screening for mutations in a gene that helps the body metabolize a kidney transplant anti-rejection drug may predict which children are at higher risk for side effects, including compromised white blood cell count or organ rejection, according to new research. Published online Feb. ...The heart disease mutation carried by 60 million
Heart disease is the number one killer in the world and India carries more than its share of this burden. Moreover, the problem is set to rise: it is predicted that by 2010 India's population will suffer approximately 60% of the world's heart disease. Today, an international team of 25 scientists ...Study on origin of mutation that causes fatal familiar insomnia
This release is available in Spanish . A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has studied the origin of the mutation that causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI). In the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country there is a high rate of carriers of this mutation 50%...Genetic mutation causes familial susceptibility for degenerative brain disease
CINCINNATI Mutation of a gene that helps proteins migrate in and out of the cell's genetic command center the nucleus puts some families at higher risk for the degenerative brain disease acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE). This is the conclusion of a global study to be published Jan. 9 b...Roche Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal with DxS for K-RAS and EGFR Cancer Mutation Tests
Tests identify genetic mutations that can affect patient response to certain cancer drugs PLEASANTON, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche and DxS Ltd. have signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the DxS TheraScreen K-RAS Mutation Test and TheraScreen EGFR 29...Tissue Specificity for Mutation Parallels Tissue Specificity for Cancer
Measure mutations in any tissue with the Big Blue transgenic rodent mutation assay Johan G. de Boer Barry W. Glickman Centre for Environmental Health, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada With Stratagenes Big Blue transgenic rodent mutation assay,* which carrie...Organize Your Data from the Big Blue Mutation Assay
Record, analyze, and report data with the MutaTrak electronic notebook G. (Paul) Kotturi Mark J. Dycaico Stratagene Marc Hamovitch Doug Schroeder Solana Consulting Group, Solana Beach, CA Stratagene introduces the MutaTrak electronic notebook to record Big Blue...Mutation Explorer from SoftGenetics, LLC.
Description:... mutation Explorer processes up to 48 lanes, 24 bi-direction...es of the patient to reference as indicated in the mutation electropherogram. Most analysts have found, after ...tomatically forms contigs, performs alignments and mutation detection comparing both forward and reverse patie...Bacterial Strain BMH 71-18 mutS, Glycerol Stock (noncompetent) from Promega
Description:...S are mismatch repair minus strains of E. coli. Use of these strains prevents repair of the newly synthesized unmethylated strand (1), leading to high mutation efficiencies and making them helpful in such systems as the GeneEditor and Altered Sites II Mutagenesis Systems. Both ES1301 and BMH 71-18 mutS are re...Bacterial Strain ES1301 mutS, Glycerol Stock (noncompetent) from Promega
Description:...S are mismatch repair minus strains of E. coli. Use of these strains prevents repair of the newly synthesized unmethylated strand (1), leading to high mutation efficiencies and making them helpful in such systems as the GeneEditor and Altered Sites II Mutagenesis Systems. Both ES1301 and BMH 71-18 mutS are re...ExcelGel DNA Analysis Kit from GE Healthcare, formerly Amersham Biosciences
Description:...in detection offer maximum handling convenience and detection sensitivity. Category: DNA Sequencing & Fragment Analysis, Manual Fragment Analysis and mutation Detection....Mutation Surveyor from SoftGenetics, LLC.
Description:...curate comparison of the entire sample trace. With mutation Surveyor, any found variants of the sample when co...ared to the wild type are clearly indicated in our mutation electropherogram as a sharp peak. Accuracy of the...when processing single direction sequence traces. mutation Surveyors detection sensitivity has been enhanced ...Complete SSCP Kit, 20 cm from Bio-Rad
Description:...mplete SSCP kit provides all the accessories necessary for casting gels for mutation detection by single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP) with the DCode universal mutation detection system. The kit includes a cooling finger adaptor for use with an...