Improved Outcomes Releases GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum Version 4.6
Improved Outcomes Software (IOS) todayannounced the release of GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum 4.6, newversions of the award-winning Gene Expression and Proteomics AnalysisSoftware products."The new releases are focused primarily on importing and analyzingprotein biomarker data, a high priority for many of our customers. Forexample, we have integrated the Protein Biomarker Package into the...Predicting successful outcomes in living-donor liver transplants
A new study on identifying which patients were likely to have poor outcomes following a living-donor liver transplant (LDLT) found that measuring how a certain non-toxic dye was eliminated by the liver shortly after surgery was an accurate indicator of liver function, and therefore a reliable indicator of the outcome of the procedure. The study used a simple non-invasive device to measure the dye...'Signature' of chromosome instability predicts cancer outcomes
Microscopic examination of tumor specimens cannot always predict a cancer's aggressiveness, leading to increased interest in molecular approaches to diagnosis. Now, researchers in the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP) at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology report that a genetic profile indicating chromosomal instability -- an increased tendency to develop chrom...Twenty Years of Malaria Research: Outcomes and Perspectives
The Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU), Thailand, will be hosting a scientific seminar in Mae Sot on 28 December entitled "Twenty Years of Malaria Research: Outcomes and Perspectives" attended by internationally-renowned experts and featuring talks and debates on a variety of topics related to malaria, from epidemiology to therapeutics and from immunity to socio-economics. As the Shoklo...Gene signature assesses breast cancer outcomes
A test that looks at the expression of 70 genes linked to breast cancer can accurately assess a patient's risk of recurrence or death, according to an article in the September 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. In previous research, scientists at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam identified 231 genes associated with patient outcomes in a group of patients...Joint replacement surgery outcomes may be affected by obesity and diabetes
Patients who have diabetes or hypertension, or are obese are more likely// to have post surgery complications after having a joint replacement surgery. Joint replacement surgery is done to replace the arthritic or damaged joint with an artificial joint called prosthesis. A joint replacement surgery may be required when moving the muscles of the joint becomes too painful due to injury o...Enhanced Gene Therapy Outcomes Following Latest Revolution And Refinement
Investigators and patients alike look forward to the day when it will be possible to correct the effects of abnormal genes by supplying the body with normal ones. Gene therapy refers to the treatment of a genetic disorder by inserting // normal genes into abnormal cells. The hope is that the transferred genes will cure the basic defect rather than merely alleviating its damage. Getting...Testicular Cancer Patients Have Improved Reproductive Outcomes After Treatment
The survival rate of patients with testicular cancer has increased significantly over the past several years. What more, new research has now shown that fatherhood is a reachable possibility for many men who survive the disease.// Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer among men ages 20 to 40 and is slightly more common on the right side than on the left. The cause for the...PET Scans Could Predict Treatment Outcomes In Cancer
Malik Juweid, M.D., associate professor of radiology at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, says that using positron emission tomography (PET) technology can help // doctors gauge the response of a cancer to the treatment being provided. Juweid and co-author Bruce Cheson, M.D., of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hosp...Prostate Cancer Outcomes Determined By Socioeconomic Status
More than the available treatment methods, it is the socioeconomic status of an individual that determines the prognosis of prostate cancer, according// to a new study published in the March 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study found that education, community poverty, and income level played an equally important role in determining t...Skin Rash Actually Signifies Better Outcomes for Pancreatic and Lung Cancer Patients
PHILADELPHIA, July 3, 2007-- – The appearance of arash in cancer patients treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) isstrongly associated with longer survival, according to researchersfrom the drug’s developer, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. This isnot the first time that rash has been associated with a survivaladvantage with EGFR inhibitors – a class of drugs whichincludes erlotinib...