Tag: genomics
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Online Cancer Genomics Tool for Clinicians Unveiled
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) in Nashville, Tennessee has launched a cancer decision-support tool to help physicians track the latest developments in personalized cancer medicine and find clinical research trials for their patients. The online service called My Cancer Genome (MyCancerGenome.org) is part of VICC’s Personalized Cancer Medicine Initiative, started last year. The Web-accessible database is…
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Tufts University Gets Patent for Kidney Disease Treatment
Researchers at Tufts University’s veterinary school in Grafton, Massachusetts have received a U.S. patent for an antibody-based treatment for hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially fatal outcome of E. coli poisoning and a leading cause of kidney failure in children. The Tufts technology covered by the patent, developed by microbiology professor Saul Tzipori, uses human…
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Universities, Brewery Partner on Biofuels from Brewery Waste
Researchers from Anheuser-Busch Inbev Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri and three universities have discovered stable microbe communities in brewery sludge with the potential to produce the basic building blocks of fuels. Their findings appear in the 22 February online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team from Cornell University, University…
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Biotech Licenses Technology for Colorectal Cancer Blood Test
Epigenomics AG in Berlin, Germany says it has an agreement for QIAGEN NV in the Netherlands to further develop Epigenomics’s research into a blood test for colorectal cancer. QIAGEN also has an option under the agreement to take the blood test to market. The technology is based on Epigenomics’s research into genomics and DNA indicators…
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Genetic Modification Leads to Longer Tomato Shelf Life
Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Beltsville, Maryland have introduced a new gene to tomatoes that help make the fruit last longer in stores and at home. The team published their findings in the February issue of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research magazine, and last fall in The Plant Journal (paid…
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Whole Genome Sequencing Advances for Cancer Diagnosis
Physicians and researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona and the Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix successfully completed sequencing a single patient’s normal and cancer cells. The team says this is among the first whole genome sequencing performed for the medical care of a specific cancer patient. The genomic sequencing of tumor and…
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Transgenic Switchgrass Improves Biofuel Yield
Plant engineering by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma and fermentation research by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have led to new lines of native perennial prairie grass that can make the production of cellulosic ethanol more economical. The researchers published their findings this week in in the Proceedings of the National…
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Genetic Researchers Identify Enzymes for Biofuels
Researchers have used large-scale DNA sequencing to characterize the genes and genomes of plant-digesting microbes isolated from the rumen — pre-stomach — of a cow, and identify the most promising enzymes for breaking down cellulose in the biofuel switchgrass. The team from the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, several universities and national labs, and…
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Pharma Company, Institute Seek Alzheimer’s Targets
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, California and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OMJPI) in Titusville, New Jersey said today they formed a partnership to discover compounds for Alzheimer’s disease and other psychiatric disorders. Under the agreement, joint Sanford-Burnham and OMJPI teams will identify and validate new targets for drug discovery, leading to compounds suitable for…
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Research Collaboration Developing More Robust Rice
A partnership between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is developing new varieties of rice designed to grow under tough conditions by the poorest farmers. The early results of the project are reported in the January issue of the magazine Rice Today, published by IRRI. Green Super Rice…