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Gene-based blood test for melanoma spread evaluates treatment progress: St
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): A test that monitors blood levels of DNA fragments released by dying tumor cells may serve as an accurate early indicator of treatment success in people in the late stages of one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, a new study finds.
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Study suggests liquid biopsy for colorectal cancer could guide therapy for
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Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrates that a liquid biopsy examining blood or urine can help gauge the effectiveness of therapy for colorectal cancer that has just begun to spread beyond the original tumour.
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Study suggests gene variants increase risk of Addison's disease
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Solna [Sweden], February 11 (ANI): According to the largest genetic study to date on patients with Addison's disease --variants of nine genes increase the risk of developing Addison's disease, a rare disease in which the immune system attacks the adrenal glands.
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DNA of bodies recovered in U'khand glacier burst incident being preserved
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 11 (ANI): Uttarakhand Director-General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar on Thursday informed that DNA samples of the bodies recovered after the glacier burst incident in Chamoli district are being preserved by the state officials.
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Converge Biotech announces collaboration with OncoDNA to personalise cance
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Converge Biotech, a leading healthcare organization based in Hyderabad, has announced today that it has entered into a long-term strategic alliance with OncoDNA, a Belgium-based theranostic and genomic company specializing i
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Study highlights link between mental disorders and gene readouts
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Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): A research by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) claims that the distinctions in the expression of gene transcripts that construct human body cells may hold the way to understand how mental issues with shared hereditary danger factors bring abou
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US Intel agency warns of threats from China collecting Americans' health d
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Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): As relations between Washington and Beijing continue its downward spiral, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has warned that the efforts made by the Chinese Communist Party to obtain US health data, particularly DNA, through hacking
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Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disea
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a relatively simple and rapid blood test can predict -- within a day of a hospital admission -- which patients with COVID-19 are at highest risk of severe complications or d
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DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in COVID-19 patients, aiding faste
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Cambridge [UK], January 15 (ANI): A team of scientists and doctors from the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have developed a DNA test which they claim will quickly identify secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, who have double the risk of
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"NITI Aayog Selects QSS Global led by lesser known entrepreneur, military
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New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI/PNN): HR consulting and business advisory firm QSS global, led by an army spouse which infuses in its DNA, values and guiding principles like integrity and maintaining the highest ethical standards with the clients has been chosen by NITI Aayog for the pres
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Study of circadian clock shows 'Junk DNA' plays key role in regulating rhy
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Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): New research has discovered a new cog in the circadian clock--a genome-wide regulatory layer made up of small chains of non-coding nucleotides known as micro RNAs (miRNAs).
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New study highlights key role of 'junk DNA' in regulating rhythms
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California [US], January 5 (ANI): The researchers from Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) suggest the impact of non-coding microRNAs on circadian rhythms is tissue-specific and may reveal new insights into disease processes.
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