GenomeWeb reports that a molecular diagnostic firm from Europe, Biocartis, inked a partnership with Gilead subsidiary Kite. Signing a master development and commercialization agreement, the two will co-develop molecular-based assays on its Idylla platform that...
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Chinese Investigators Identify Novel NSCLC & Small Molecule Drugs by Integrated Microarray Analysis
A group of major Chinese academic medical centers collaborated on basic research to identify non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) biomarkers and small molecule drug candidates. The team understands that NSCLC remains a leading cause of cancer death. In the study they...
University of Manchester Study Reveals Blood Samples Aid Clinical Trials Patient Match
MedicalXpress reports that University of Manchester Cancer Research UK, Manchester Institute researchers demonstrated that a small volume of blood can contain up-to-date genetic information about a patient’s cancer to inform treatment choices. In the first of...
Gladstone Institutes Study Shows A New Culprit of Cognitive Decline in AD
A Gladstone Institutesled study finds blood protein destroys memory storage sites in the brain and may lead to new treatments. Led by Senior Investigator Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, Gladstone Institutes showed for the first time that a blood-clotting protein called...
Florida State University Unravels Mystery of How and When DNA Replicates
Florida State University (FSU) researchers have unlocked a decades-old mystery about how a critical cellular process is regulated and what that could mean for the future study of genetics. They examined a single segment of DNA in the highest possible 3D resolution and...
MOSES: Benchmarking Platform for Molecular Generation Models
As reported in EurekAlert!, Insilico Medicine an artificial intelligence company developing an end-to-end drug discovery pipeline for age-related diseases, announced an open research collaboration. Researchers are invited to contribute to the new platform MOSES...
Columbia University: Long Non-Coding RNA May Play Role in Fat Metabolism
Jennie Lin, MD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension co-authored this study published in Science Translational Medicine. http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/446/eaar5987.full This team of scientists “identified thousands of...
New Technique Can Manipulate Molecules Within Cell to Reduce Risk of Medication Side Effects
Julius Zhu, PhD and his colleagues from the University of Virginia School of Medicine have recently published a breakthrough study in the journal Neuron. They have developed a new technique with the potential to “manipulate molecules inside a cell so that it reduces...