
Tag: Personalized Medicine


Spinal muscular atrophy disease expression correlated with haplotypes

How to make the gene-editing tool CRISPR work even better

Mutation ‘hotspots’ in DNA: Research could lead to new insights on cancer risks

Chance of being prescribed opioids for minor injury differs dramatically by where you live

Blood test can predict optimal treatment for advanced prostate cancer, study finds

Imaging in living cells reveals how ‘junk DNA’ switches on a gene: Video shows DNA enhancers finding and activating a target gene in a living cell

Higher doses of rifampin appear more effective in fighting TB without increasing risk of adverse events

Blood signature could improve early TB diagnosis

Genomics offers new treatment options for infants with range of soft tissue tumors: Genetic causes of a group of related infant cancers have been discovered, which are targetable by existing drugs

Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded

Drug companies selling more ‘lifestyle,’ less ‘symptom’

Gene study spots clues to heart risk for statin patients

Protecting confidentiality in genomic studies: Cryptographic system could enable ‘crowdsourced’ genomics, with volunteers contributing information to privacy-protected databases

How can medical marijuana benefit older adults?

Brain activity can predict success of depression treatment

Genetic test may improve post-stent treatment, outcome
