Two software tools that improve identification of cancer biomarkers earn certification

21-Aug-2009 - The explosive growth of genomic and proteomic data has ushered in a new era of molecular medicine in which cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment are tailored to each individual's molecular profile. But this personalized medicine approach requires that researchers discover and link biomarkers ...

Epigenomics AG Licenses Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Blood Test to ARUP Laboratories

ARUP to commercialize laboratory-developed blood test based on Epigenomics' mSEPT9 biomarker to aid in the early detection of colorectal cancer

14-Aug-2009 - Epigenomics AG announced that it signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for its proprietary DNA methylation biomarker Septin 9 (mSEPT9) with Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. based ARUP Laboratories, Inc. (ARUP). Under the agreement, ARUP has obtained rights to use the mSEPT9 biomarker to develop a ...

Using yeast to identify cancer genes

Researchers use yeast to identify cancer-causing genes that may also occur in humans

31-Jul-2009 - Identifying cancer-causing genes is a major challenge, but now Cornell scientists have devised a technique using yeast cells to identify new cancer genes that may also be found in humans. The study, published in Public Library of Science Biology, is the first to report on mutations in yeast that ...

Chasing tiny vehicles

Microscope shows how nanoferries invade cells

22-Jul-2009 - Nanoparticles are just billionths of a millimeter in size. Exhibiting novel and often surprising properties, they are finding their way into an endless stream of equally innovative products. In medical therapies, for example, tiny nanovehicles could one day ferry drugs or even genes into cells. ...

Remote-control closed system invented for inserting radio-active atoms inside fullerenes

The new material will increase control of radiation therapy

09-Jul-2009 - Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry C. Dorn, Emory and Henry College chemistry Professor James Duchamp, and Panos Fatouros, professor and chair of the Division of Radiation Physics and Biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have co-invented a hands-off process for ...

Improved method developed to test carcinogen risk

22-Jun-2009 - Researchers at Oregon State University recently completed the largest animal study ever done in the field of toxicology, according to the university, and the findings challenge some basic concepts about how to determine what level of a cancer-causing compound can be considered safe. The study ...

Tuning silica nanoparticles for cell specific biotargeting

15-Jun-2009 - Researchers from Abo Akademi University and the University of Turku in Finland have discovered that the stability of functionalised nanoparticles is crucially dependent on all functional groups present on the surface. Using the sensitive nanoscale particle sizing and zeta potential measurement ...

Colon cancer screening technique shows continued promise in new study

11-Jun-2009 - Recent clinical trials show that a new colon cancer screening technique created by Northwestern University researchers has a high enough sensitivity that it could potentially be as or more successful than a colonoscopy in screening for colon cancer. The technique uses optical technology, called ...

Oxford Gene Technology successfully completes world's largest copy number variation study

03-Jun-2009 - Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) has successfully completed processing more than 20,000 samples that have been generated by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC), the world’s largest CNV study involving a collaboration of 24 human geneticists. The project analysed DNA samples from ...

Novel German Research Alliance to Detect Precursors of Colorectal Cancer

Munich Technical University, Epigenomics AG and KVB to develop novel approaches to cancer prevention

28-May-2009 - The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund a clinical research project for the early detection of colorectal cancer, to be realized by an alliance of Scientists from the 2nd Medical Clinic of the University vHospital rechts der Isar at the Munich Technical University, the ...