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Tens of Thousands to Walk for a Cure for Cystic Fibrosis

BETHESDA, Md., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Walks in nearly every state this weekend will raise funds to fight cystic fibrosis as part of Great Strides, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's largest national fundraising event. Cystic fibrosis is a fatal genetic disease that causes debilitating lung infections and premature death. "Every walker who joins Great Strides makes a differe...

SUDLER's eHealth Group Signs Agreement With NextGxDx

NEW YORK, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sudler & Hennessey, one of the leading global healthcare communication agencies, announces an agreement between Sudler's eHealth Group and NextGxDx, an online genetic testing marketplace for healthcare providers and hospitals. Emerging trends in healthcare focus on cost, quality, and access to care and information. As personalized medicine continues...

Lekishia White is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional among Pharmaceutical Professionals

ENGLEWOOD CLIFF, N.J., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Who's Who/ - Lekishia White is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional among Pharmaceutical Professionals. Lekishia is the Vice President and Managing Director of MultiPharma Inc. In her current role, Lekishia specializes in GMP Operations; Warehousing; Logistics; Quality and Regulatory Compliance; Supply Chain...

Major breakthrough in IVF treatment

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the publication of a recent study in Reproductive BioMedicine Online on 5-day old human blastocysts showing that those with an...

Becoming an individual twin isn't about genetics or environment, but how you experience them

Have you ever known a pair of identical twins? Not just the ones that look alike, but identical twins that really were part of, at some point, the same egg and sperm combination, that then split early in development to create two "identical" people...

Forward genetic screen for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor formation identifies new genes and pathways driving tumorigenesis

Eric Rahrmann and colleagues performed a transposon-based somatic mutagenesis screen for genes involved in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). They identified many recurrent transposon insertions and nominate Foxr2 as a new oncogene in...

Atossa Genetics to Present at the Sidoti Semi-Annual Microcap Conference

SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/13 -- Atossa Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATOS), the Breast Health Company™, today announced that Dr. Steven Quay, chairman, CEO and president, will be presenting at the Sidoti Semi-Annual Microcap Conference on Friday, June 7, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. In addition to presenting the company story, management will...

Oncology Services International Launches 99% Uptime Guarantee and Precision Certified Equipment

MONTEBELLO, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/13 -- Oncology Services International (OSI), the world's leading independent service organization for radiation oncology devices, today announced the launch of its new website which better reflects the breadth and depth of the company's service and product offerings. "Our brand has evolved to include coast-to-coast service, along with a global presence fo...

Response Genetics, Inc. Announces Presentations at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2013 Annual Meeting

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Response Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RGDX), a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests that help determine a patient's response to cancer therapy, today announced that abstracts will be presented at the upcoming American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL May 31 to June 4, 2013. The abstracts...

Genetic Technologies Executes Agreement With MultiPlan, Inc., a Nationwide Provider Network

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/13 -- Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG) (NASDAQ: GENE) is pleased to announce that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Phenogen Sciences Inc., it has executed an agreement with MultiPlan Inc. of Valencia, California, USA, to use the MultiPlan Network, a national complementary network. MultiPlan created the complementary network concept in 198...

Shedding New Light On High-Altitude Adaptation Through The Genome Sequencing Of The Tibetan Antelope

Why Tibetan antelope can live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau? In a collaborative research published in Nature Communications, investigators from Qinghai University, BGI, and other institutes provide evidence that some ge...

MacAulay-Brown, Inc. CEO Sid Fuchs Named Executive in Residence by Louisiana State University College of Engineering

DAYTON, Ohio, May 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), a leading National Security company providing innovative engineering and technical solutions to Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security and Federal agencies, announced today that Louisiana State University (LSU) College of Engineering has named Sid Fuchs, President and CEO of MacB, Executive in Residence. In his official...

Association Between Genetic Risk For Schizophrenia And Reduced IQ

The relationship between the heritable risk for schizophrenia and low intelligence (IQ) has not been clear. Schizophrenia is commonly associated with cognitive impairments that may cause functional disability. There are clues that reduced IQ may be l...

Caution Urged Over Use Of New Genetic Sequencing Techniques By European Society Of Human Genetics

The use of genome-wide analysis (GWA), where the entirety of an individual's DNA is examined to look for the genomic mutations or variants which can cause health problems is a massively useful technology for diagnosing disease. However, it can also p...

Non-Invasive Procedure Aids IVF

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the publication of a recent study in Reproductive BioMedicine Online on 5-day old human blastocysts showing that those with an ab...

Reporting Incidental Findings In Gene Sequencing: Ethicists Provide Framework Supporting New Recommendations

In a paper published in Science Express, a group of experts led by bioethicists in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine provide a framework for the new American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)...

Genetic diversity within tumors predicts outcome in head and neck cancer

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A new measure of the heterogeneity -- the variety of genetic mutations -- of cells within a tumor appears to predict treatment outcomes of patients with the most common type of head and neck cancer better than most tr...

Preferential D-loop extension by a translesion DNA polymerase underlies error-prone recombination

Genetic evidence has implicated the SOS-induced translesion DNA polymerase DinB (Pol IV) in error-prone recombination. Now biochemical analyses show that Pol IV outcompetes high-fidelity polymerases during the extension of D-loop recombination interm...

Baron and Budd’s Mesothelioma Attorneys Elated Over Latest Gene Study: P53 is Capable of Blocking Cancer

Australian Researchers Astonished to Learn P53 Not Only Seeks and Destroys, But Prevents DALLAS (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 Scientists are on the verge of unraveling the genesis of cancer. By studying the behavior of distorted genes in the malignant microenvironment (inside the body) studies are attempting to recode damaged gene signals so the body’s immune system can search and destroy cancer. But th...

Molecular Diagnostics Market - US, UK, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany & France Analysis in New Research Report at ReportsnReports.com

Molecular Diagnostics Market research reports for US, UK, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany and France are added to ReportsnReports.com stores. Dalla, TX (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 These molecular diagnostics market reports provide a comprehensive analysis for US, UK, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany and France:     Major issues pertaining to the molecular diagnostics laboratory practice, a...

SciAps Raman Analyzers Chosen for World Cup Security

SciAps, a Woburn, MA based portable analytical instrumentation company, is pleased to announce the sale of a large number of handheld Raman spectrometer units – The ReporteR™ – to the Brazilian Federal Police to aid in World Cup security. Woburn, MA (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 SciAps, a Woburn, MA based portable analytical instrumentation company, is pleased to announce the sale of a large numbe...

Cystic Fibrosis: Siblings Share the Patient Experience

(MedPage Today) -- Only 1,200 people in the U.S. have the specific genetic mutation that causes a rare form of cystic fibrosis -- two of them are a Wisconsin brother and sister, Charles and Paula Heup. The Heup siblings are taking Kalydeco to treat t...

Synthetic wheat breakthough in wheat breeding science offers greater yields

13/05/2013: NIAB NEWSUK wheat yields could be boosted by up to 30% with the introduction of a new wheat bred from a wild grass species.The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in Cambridge has recreated the original rare cross between a

Heart Health Monitored Using Paper-Thin Flexible 'Skin'

Most of us don't ponder our pulses outside of the gym. But doctors use the human pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill...

To Increase Bicycle Use, Improve Public Health, A Change In Cycle Track Policy Needed

Bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled to reflect current cyclists' preferences and safety data, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researcher...