SNM's Clinical Trials Network expands European membership of PET biomarker manufacturers
Reston, Va.SNM's Clinical Trials Network today announced that several leading commercial providers of PET radiopharmaceuticals in Europe have registered their manufacturing sites with the network. SNM's Clinical Trials Network is an initiative designed to address the need for streamlined drug disc...New Diagnostic Biomarker Test Shows Promise in Monitoring Ovarian Cancer
CHICAGO, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ovarian malignancies are a leading cause of cancer death in women because they are usually detected in the late stages when the disease is incurable. Encouraging new research presented by Abbott today at the American Association for Clinical Ch...JNCI news brief: Improving the biomarker pipeline for early cancer detection
Several statistical and biological issues need to be addressed in order to improve biomarker identification for early detection of cancer, according to a commentary published online July 2 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . The biomarker pipeline to develop and evaluate cancer s...Study identifies biomarker that safely monitors tumor response to new brain cancer treatment
LOS ANGELES (STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 A.M. EDT on JULY 1, 2009) A specific biomarker, a protein released by dying tumor cells, has been identified as an effective tool in an animal model to gauge the response to a novel gene therapy treatment for glioblastoma mulitforme. The finding, repor...New Prostate Cancer Biomarker Discovered
Finding also might apply in other types of cancer, researcher says THURSDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) -- A new marker for advanced prostate cancer and metastasis, or spread, of the disease has been identified by U.S. researchers. Their analysis of prostate tissue from men with local...Promising biomarker and candidate tumor suppressor gene identified for colorectal cancer
Researchers have identified a new candidate tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer and examined its use as a potential biomarker in stool samples, according to a new study published online June 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . In the study, Manon van Engeland, Ph.D., of...VBI researchers develop new method for breast cancer biomarker discovery
Blacksburg, Va. -- Three researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have developed and evaluated a new one-step bioanalytical approach that allows them to profile in detail complex cellular extracts of proteins. The method has allowed the scientists to look at ho...New biomarker may predict leukemia aggressiveness
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have evidence of a potential new biomarker to predict the aggressiveness of an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. They found that high levels of a particular enzyme in the blood are an indicator that ch...Wayne State University Scientists ID New Biomarker for Prostate Cancer
DETROIT, March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Wayne State University have identified a new marker for prostate cancer progression that may one day lead to new treatments. Prostate cancer, one of the most prevalent non-skin cancers in America, affects one in six men. In 20...Clinical Genomics Continues Progress in Developing Biomarker Portfolio for Colorectal Cancer Testing
SYDNEY, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinical Genomics Pty Ltd, an Australian biotechnology company, announced today that Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, has agreed to provide milestone payments over the next two years t...BiPar Genomic Biomarker Data Demonstrate Overexpression of PARP-1 Gene in Multiple Cancer Types
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- BiPar Sciences, Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer therapies, today announced molecular biomarker data demonstrating the overexpression of the PARP (poly-ADP-ribose polymerase) protein in multiple cancers, including o...Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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A team of researchers, including several from UCSF, has demonstrated that a new method for detecting and quantifying protein biomarkers in body fluids may ultimately make it possible to screen multiple biomarkers in hundreds of patient samples, thus ensuring that only the strongest biomarker candi...CHIs 5th Biomarker World Congress: Signature Event with Cutting-Edge Agenda
Needham, MA, March 26, 2009 / b3c newswire / - Cambridge Healthtech Institute’s Fifth Annual Biomarker World Congress will be held May 27-29, 2009 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The advance registration deadline for this event is April 10, 2009. The signature e...Vitamin C lowers levels of inflammation biomarker considered predictor of heart disease
Berkeley -- A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, adds to the evidence that vitamin C supplements can lower concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), a central biomarker of inflammation that has been shown to be a powerful predictor of heart disease and diabet...Researchers seeking to identify Alzheimer's risk focus on specific blood biomarker
NEW YORK A simple blood test to detect whether a person might develop Alzheimer's disease is within sight and could eventually help scientists in their quest toward reversing the disease's onset in those likely to develop the debilitating neurological condition. Building on a study that starte...Newly identified biomarker detects and regulates spread of brain tumors
Researchers at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute have identified a novel biomarker for brain tumors and have uncovered a potential role the marker may play when the tumor spreads or comes back after treatment. The study, Ã’Attractin is elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with ...First biomarker for human sleepiness identified in fruit flies
Scientists have identified the first biochemical marker linked to sleep loss, an enzyme in saliva known as amylase, which increases in activity when sleep deprivation is prolonged. Researchers hope to make amylase the first of a panel of biomarkers that will aid diagnosis and treatment of sleep d...Scientists open doors to diagnosis of emphysema
...performed in mice, the researchers hope that in future it will be possible to adapt the test for use in patients. "It would allow us to use MMP12 as a biomarker to monitor disease evolution and the risk of emphysema formation. It could also serve to examine the response to therapeutic interventions in patients...$2 million grant aids study of lung cancer in people who never smoked
...h Center in Seattle, University of Southern California and at the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver will undertake a coordinated approach to biomarker discovery, using their expertise to study the same sets of specimens by different methods. Researchers hope to open the project to additional research...Pitt team first to profile genes in acutely ill idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients
...he blood of patients experiencing an exacerbation. If the findings are verified with more research, which is underway, the proteins could be the first biomarker blood tests that doctors could track to identify patients at risk for sudden deterioration of lung function. "This work opens an important window ...Genedata Launches Expressionist with Expanded Mass Spectrometry Biomarker Discovery Capabilities
Genedata Expressionist 5.2 with enhanced capabilities for Mass Spectrometry-based biomarker discovery will be demonstrated at the 57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry, May 31 - June 4, 2009, Booth# 133 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB)...Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. Launches Human Kidney Damage Biomarker Panel
Complements the RBM Rat Kidney Panel developed in conjunction with the Critical Path Initiative AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. (RBM), the world's leading multiplexed biomarker testing laboratory, today announced the launch of its Human Kidney Multi-Analyte P...Oncology Biomarker KRAS to be Discussed at FDA Panel Meeting
KRAS Biomarker PresentsPotential toPersonalize Colorectal Cancer Treatment Determining Who Can Benefit from Vectibix(R) THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN ) today announced they will discuss the clinical utility of the KRAS gene as a predictiv...Genstruct Added to The Biomarker Consortium's Rapidly Growing Roster of Industry Experts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Genstruct Inc., a systems biology company focused on identifying molecular mechanisms, networks and biomarkers to better develop novel therapeutics and molecular diagnostics, today announced that it has become a member of The Biomarker Consortium, a pub...Serum Biomarker Chip from Whatman, Inc
Description: The first high-density serum biomarker chip to profile the relative abundance of cancer serum proteins. An antibody chip containing 120 human cancer serum biomarker-specific antibodies. A research tool that enables biomarker discovery scientists to study panels of biomarkers related to early detect...ProteinChip System, Series 4000 from Ciphergen
Description:...d by todays clinical researchers and biologists in biomarker research. The Series 4000 delivers improved performance, offering the fastest route for converting biomarker discoveries to biomarker assays all on the same platform. The Series 4000 i...MIDAS TRAQ System with 4000 Q TRAP LC/MS/MS System from Applied Biosystems
Description:...e ability to go directly from genomic or proteomic biomarker prediction, profiling, and discovery experiments to assays for biomarker verification and validation. The workflow for biomarker verification overcomes the need for separate metho...CiphergenExpress Software from Ciphergen
Description:... Successful biomarker discovery projects require screening through a huge volume of samples to di...o help better manage the complex sample tracking and data flood inherent to biomarker discovery. The CiphergenExpress Software package provides a robust, client-...GeneSpring Workgroup from Agilent Technologies
Description:...kgroup can reduce the cost of bringing drugs to market by providing better predictive toxicology assessments and more thorough analysis techniques for biomarker discovery....LTQ XL Linear Ion Trap from Thermo Scientific
Description:...tion Platform for high resolution, accurate mass hybrids Whether you analytical challenge is metabolic profiling, mining for metabolites or biomarker discovery, the LTQ XLs exceptional suite of innovative techniques and software makes it the instrument of choice. More fragments more spectral treesm...Rainbow trout Vitellogenin EIA Kit from Cayman Chemical
Description:... Detection of the yolk protein Vtg in plasma from juvenile or male fish is a simple and sensitive biomarker for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) with estrogenic effects in fish. Quantification of Vtg has become an accepted screening test for the estroge...Rainbow trout Vitellogenin EIA Kit from Cayman Chemical
Description:... Detection of the yolk protein Vtg in plasma from juvenile or male fish is a simple and sensitive biomarker for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) with estrogenic effects in fish. Quantification of Vtg has become an accepted screening test for the estroge...LCMS-IT-TOF Formula Predictor System from Shimadzu
Description:... The first LCMS system to fully utilize the information-rich content of MSn data in formulae prediction, Shimadzus LCMS-IT-TOF addresses the needs of biomarker discovery, trace amount impurity identification, and natural products research....Pathway Studio Enterprise from Ariadne Genomics
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