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Published on October 8, 2014
As one of the most prevalent causes of death across the globe, the burden of cancer is still sharply increasing, predominantly due to the aging population. As such, the current focus of many researchers is on how to accurately diagnose and treat various cancer types. However, human cancers usually carry…
Published on August 13, 2014
Detection and analysis of structural variability within chromosomes have become an integral part of genomic medicine. Because genomic instability and chromosomal abnormalities characterize cancer as well as many developmental diseases, understanding these structural aberrations can provide insight into disease etiology, treatment options, and prognosis. According to physicians, current cytogenetic tests…
Published on August 1, 2014
The FDA said Thursday it intends to regulate laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) that it deems as “high-risk” along the lines of Class III medical devices, positioning itself against academic medical centers and other developers of the tests, which have opposed efforts at imposing new rules. The agency formally told Congress it…
Published on July 23, 2014
Fulfilling the promise of personalized medicine will require more patient education, greater access to treatments, and new commitments by insurers to pay for the new drugs, an umbrella group that represents more than 200 academic, industry, patient, provider, and payer communities said today. The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) cited a…
Published on July 10, 2014
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has come a long way during the past three decades to become one of the fundamental platforms in life sciences sector. Normally, this is a sufficiently long period for a technology to mature and the market to move to decline phase. However, the PCR industry…
Published on June 18, 2014
The DxMA webcast “Clinically Actionable Genomics: From Sequencing to Personalized Medicine” sponsored by Clinical OMICs is now available for viewing. This webcast focuses on describing the technologies and strategies—such as genome sequencing, massive amounts of genetic data, bioinformatics, and analytics—that are transforming genomic data into clinically actionable intelligence. You will learn:…
Published on May 28, 2014
The history of science is replete with instances of multiple discovery—the more or less simultaneous announcement of essentially the same breakthrough by independent researchers. Still, it may still seem uncanny that two separate research groups not only produced a draft map of the human proteome, they also published their results…
Published on May 20, 2014
With a little help from Sloan Kettering Institute chair Marie-Josée Kravis and her husband, philanthropist Henry R. Kravis, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is launching a new program that it says will reshape clinical trials and speed up translation of molecular discoveries into routine clinical practice. Dubbed the…
Published on April 15, 2014
Vural Özdemir, M.D., Ph.D., is editor-in-chief of OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. He is also an associate professor of human genetics at the council of higher education in Ankara, Turkey, and an independent scholar in science studies and advisor to the office of…
Published on April 11, 2014
In an effort to strengthen its molecular diagnostics offerings, Roche has just nabbed Massachusetts-based firm IQuum, a company that develops point-of-care products for molecular diagnostics. Roche will pay IQuum shareholders $275 million upfront and up to $175 million in product-related milestones. IQuum will be folded into Roche Molecular Diagnostics once…