Disease Research
News and analysis on disease research and diagnostics.
Court Grants Natera Injunction Against Invitae, ArcherDx in Use of Patented Products
The defendants are barred from using Personalized Cancer Monitoring products except for ongoing clinical trials, studies undergoing peer review, and quality control.
The company showed early data establishing a rheumatoid arthritis-specific expression signature and is enrolling patients into a larger study.
White Adipose Tissue Proteins Linked to Diabetes, Exercise Training in Proteomics Study
Researchers highlighted diabetes- or weight-related white adipose tissue signatures, and searched for adipose tissue proteomic shifts after an eight-week exercise intervention.
International Neuroscience Data Effort Launches Under Global Alliance for Genomics and Health
Participants hope to model and develop best practices as they support new discoveries by connecting genomic and other clinical datasets.
Investigational Cancer Drug Deemed Highly Mutagenic in Cell Line Sequencing Study
Using whole-genome sequencing on drug-exposed cell lines, researchers saw high mutation rates in control cell lines intermittently treated with a compound called CX-5461.