POSTS TAGGED AS molecular medicine

Aging vs. Immortality

If cancer cells represent a kind of immortality (having lost their inability to die naturally), then it is not [MORE]

Testing Breast Cancer Tests

Breast Cancer Research
In 1955, the National Cancer Institute began organizing oncologists into regional study groups to address specific interests [MORE]

Exploring “Patient Discovery”

The theme of last year’s Medical Automation Conference was “patient discovery”-i.e. the idea that identifying molecular pathways in individuals’ [MORE]

Diagnosing Schizophrenia

Jonathan Sebat, PhD
A research group at the University of California San Diego has identified a genetic mutation linked to [MORE]

Veterinarians Study Epigenetics of Lupus

Lupus is a mysterious disease of unknown etiology, presenting symptoms of several disorders, especially during its early stages. Thus, [MORE]

Biophotonic Imaging for Apoptosis

For personalized molecular medicine to become a common practice, science need more information about the molecular phenomena of developmental [MORE]

Small Science

The breakthroughs in molecular medicine open new vistas for health, but before this translates into healthcare, astute physicians must [MORE]

Illumina’s Distributed Genomics Network

This past summer, life sciences instrument maker Illumina, Inc. (San Diego, CA) announced its founding of a collaboration [MORE]

More Microfluidics for DNA Sequencing

RainDance Microfluidics
RainDance, Inc.is in a storied location to start a revolution: Lexington, MA.  The company is developing picoliter droplet-based [MORE]

MicroRNA Diagnostics

Micro RNA
Unlike messenger RNAs that encode protein formation, microRNAs bind to mRNA and assist in assembling proteins. Like degraded [MORE]

“Smart bomb” Chemotherapy for Cancer

Cancerous tumors are made up of both normal and malignant cells, and at the root of their growth are [MORE]

Blood as a Source of iPSCs

Most of the R&D work on induced pluripotent stem cells has been done with skin tissue, but recently, investigators at [MORE]

Osteoarthritis Biomarkers

In studies of twins at St. Thomas Hospital, London, King’s College researchers identified 163 biomarkers in blood that can indicate [MORE]

Nanoparticles Deliver iRNA’s

Nanoparticles entering a cell
Cancer researchers and physicians are awaiting clinical outcome data that Mark Davis and colleagues will present [MORE]