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Improved statistical tools reveal many linked loci

An innovative new statistical method, described in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, streamlines the computation required to identify all the potential locations in the genome that influence a particular physical trait, or phenotype. Thanks to the new method developed by John Storey, Joshua M. Akey, and Leonid Kruglyak, researchers have a more efficient genome-mining technique to help them id...

Gene therapy study shows safety and statistically significant improvement in Parkinson's disease

The open label Phase 1 study, conducted in 12 patients with adv...
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Fine Tuning Your Data Analysis: Tunable Parameters of the Affymetrix Expression Analysis Statistical Algorithms

Tunable Parameters of the Affymetrix probe set data to generate expression values (Signals and LogRatios), Detection and Change calls, and associated p-v...

New statistical algorithms for Monitoring Gene Expression on GeneChip® Probe Arrays

expression data. These statistical algorithms, created in response to customer input, were designed to accommodate the typical distribution of data found in microarray experiments. The new statistical algorithms employ standard statistical techniques and are opti...
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Link Between Vietnam Service And Prostate Cancer Is Statistically Insignificant

A report that appears in the March 2006 online issue of BMC Public Health focuses on the co-relation between men in the armed forces who served in Vietnam and the incidence of prostate cancer (CaP).// This co-relation exists since a defoliate called Agent Orange has been linked to CaP. However by Dr. Leavy and colleagues did not find a statistically significant link between the two. Bet...

Biomarkers Predicting Mortality Found Using Statistical Technique

A recent study was conducted to identify biomarker combinations associated with mortality among people.Previous research //has uncovered a range of biological markers that can predict disability, morbidity and mortality in older adults. In this study, the researchers analyzed 13 biomarkers representing neuroendocrine and vascular functions and immune and metabolic activity over 12 yea...

Manmohan Calls for Statistical Reforms in Healthcare and Education

Expressing concern over discrepancies in official data for key sectors like healthcare and education,// Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday called for a revamp of the national statistical system and upgrading its infrastructure. "Due to over-dependence on the administrative set up and traditional records, the (statistical) system has not been able to keep pace with changing times," Ma...
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Neurologix Announces Publication of Landmark Gene Therapy Study Demonstrating Safety and Statistically Significant Improvement in Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease

FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2007 - Neurologix, Inc.(OTCBB:NRGX) today announced the publication in the June 23 issueof the journal The Lancet of positive results from the first evergene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease and the first report ofdirect gene transfer into a patient's own brain cells for any adultneurodegenerative disease. The open label Phase 1 study, conduct...

Medivation's Dimebon Maintains Statistically Significant Benefit on All Five Efficacy Endpoints in Alzheimer's Disease Trial After One Year of Therapy

- Aggregate Benefit over Placebo Larger at One Year than at SixMonths - SAN FRANCISCO and WASHINGTON, June 11, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medivation, Inc. today announced that thebenefits of Dimebon over placebo in its double-blind,placebo-controlled Phase 2 study in mild-to- moderate Alzheimer'sdisease were statistically significant on all five study endpointsat 12 months. Importantl...

Further Statistical Analysis of the Recent Phase III trial on Lead Product M6G Shows Additional Benefits

* Statistically significant reduction in sedation during theearly post-operative period compared to morphine * Statistically significant reduction in nausea in the femalepatient population compared to morphine Cambridge, UK, 8th June 2007 - CeNeS Pharmaceuticals plc (AIM:CEN), the Cambridge based biopharmaceutical company, announcesadditional data from post-hoc analysis of th...

Repros' Androxal Shows Highly Statistically Significant Positive Effects in Men with Secondary Hypogonadism

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 5, 2007 - ReprosTherapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM:RPRX) announced topline results of asix month U.S. Phase 3 study of Androxal(TM), an oral drug beingdeveloped to restore normal testicular function in men withsecondary hypogonadism. Further, Androxal demonstratesnon-inferiority in all the endpoints of the study, compared toAndrogel(R), a cream which is t...

Positive Statistical Analysis from Synthetic Blood's Oxycyte Traumatic Brain Injury Trial Indicates Achievement of Primary Endpoint

COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2007 - Synthetic BloodInternational, Inc. (OTCBB:SYBD) today announced positive data froma statistical analysis of its Phase IIa study with Oxycyte(TM) inpatients with traumatic brain injury. In line with preliminarystudy results announced in December 2006, statistical resultsconfirmed that the primary endpoint of increasing patients' oxygentensi...

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