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Feb 27, 2019

Cadex Genomics Developing Liquid Biopsy-Based Test for Early Response to Cancer Therapies

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The firm said that its cell-free DNA assay has shown a high positive predictive value in preliminary clinical studies involving stage IV colorectal cancer patients.

Mar 14, 2017

Biocept, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Ink Deal for Liquid Biopsy Technology

Catalyst will use Biocept's liquid biopsy platform to screen for cancer in patients in a clinical study of its rare disease drug Firdapse.

Nov 21, 2016

Copy Number Profiles Classify Lung Cancer Patients as Sensitive or Resistant to Therapy

The circulating tumor cell-based classifier had an overall accuracy of 89 percent for small-cell lung cancer patients, the researchers reported.

Apr 25, 2016

This Week in PLOS

In PLOS this week: evolutionary history of polyomaviruses, mutations linked to colon cancer progression, and more.

Nov 17, 2015

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: Denisovan DNA sequences, genome sequencing study of Chagas vector, and more

Jul 16, 2015

This Week in Nature

In Nature this week: two loci linked to depression, CRISPR/Cas9-based study of diarrhea-causing microbe, and more.

Jul 13, 2015

Genomic Profiling of SCLC Highlights Importance of Inactivated Genes in Disease Development

A comprehensive genomic profiling of small cell lung cancer has found that nearly all tumors harbor inactivated TP53 and RB1 genes, along with other genetic mutations.

Dec 26, 2013

Genomics in the Journals: 2013.12.26

An international team of researchers led by Robert Plenge from Brigham and Women's Hospital uncovered nearly four dozen loci linked to risk of rheumatoid arthritis, bringing the total number of known risk loci for the disease to 101.

Oct 30, 2013

Addition of Genomic Alteration Data to Lung Cancer Diagnosis Improves Survival

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – By folding genomic information about patients' lung cancer tumors in with other clinical data to inform treatment choice, patients generally exhibited improved survival, researchers from the

Sep 27, 2013

Bioinformatics-based Drug Repurposing Study Suggests Antidepressant May Be Effective Against Lung Cancer

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – By combing through drugs that have already undergone the approval process, researchers led by Stanford University's Julien Sage found that two therapies usually prescribed to treat depression may also help combat small-cell lung cancer, as they reported in Cancer D

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Same Scam, New Tech

Bloomberg reports that the DNA-for-cash deal reported in Kentucky might be a more widespread scam.

Gene Therapy for SCID-X1

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have treated infants with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency using gene therapy in an early phase study.

To Guide the Genealogy Search

St. Louis Public Radio reports that some African Americans are turning to DNA ancestry testing to help guide genealogical searches.

This Week in Nature

In Nature this week: a genomic analysis of the snailfish Pseudoliparis swirei, ancient DNA analysis gives insight into the introduction of farming to England, and more.

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