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Grohol plays Hamlet to Kandel the King2 comments

dendrite wrote 6 days ago: Image via Wikipedia Amidst the steady stream of basic imaging and genetic science that pours … more →

Tags: functional magnetic resonance imaging

PROSTATE MARKERS: Money wasted on genetic variations with little prognostic value

Jim Tucker wrote 1 week ago: JUNE 25: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: “We need to start really focusing on whether this or th … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Diagnosis, Prostate research, Biomarkers, Cancer Research, genetic variations, mike scott, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, Prognostic Value

echoblog: Promethease video demo

dendrite wrote 1 week ago: Image via Wikipedia Just a pointer to a new step-by-step guide video showing Promethease in a … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Autism genetic risk modulating the healthy social brain1 comment

dendrite wrote 2 weeks ago: Comparisons of “healthy” vs. “disordered” genomes in psychiatry have not yet … more →

Tags: amygdala, AVPR1a, Autism, development, mental disorder

Personalized Medicine: Genetic Tests for Drugs3 comments

Bertalan Meskó wrote 2 weeks ago: Pharmacogenetics of warfarin – is testing clinically indicated?: A must-read about warfarin and Cou … more →

Tags: Genetics, Genome, Medicine, Pharma, Pharmacogenomics

PROSTATE RESEARCH: 'Parent cancer clone' can be identified in genomic study of metastatic cancer

Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: JUNE 20: URO TODAY: Genomic archeology of multiple anatomically separate metastatic cancers in indiv … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Prostate research, Prostate, Cancer Research, prostablog, prostate blog, URO TODAY, Genomic archeology, multiple anatomically separate metastatic cancers

BDNF provides some not-so-depressing depression-genetics data

dendrite wrote 2 weeks ago: Image by Simon Clayson via Flickr Recently, the media has mourned the 5HTT-LPR which was  str … more →

Tags: BDNF

Cancer activist takes to YouTube1 comment

JBBC wrote 2 weeks ago: When Jessica Gioia was diagnosed with breast cancer on Sept. 19, 2008 — the day after her 33rd birth … more →

Tags: breast cancer screening, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, Video content, BRCA, breast MRI, Younger women, Chemotherapy, BRCA1, YouTube

No Benefit in Testing for Genes Linked to Leg Clots

timeinctemp wrote 2 weeks ago: TUESDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) — There’s no proof that genetic testing can help prevent the … more →

Tags: Cholesterol, Deep vein thrombosis, genes, leg clots

PROSTATE SCREENING: Hope for better prostate cancer test

Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: JUNE 12: NEWSDAY: Hope for a better prostate cancer test, potential new uses for a largely discredit … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Diagnosis, Prostate research, screening debate, future prospects, new tests, Prostate, Prostate Treatment, Cancer Research

Illumina: Newest Member of the Personalized Genetics Market1 comment

Bertalan Meskó wrote 3 weeks ago: After Navigenics, 23andMe, DecodeMe, Knome or the recently described Pathway Genomics, Illumine join … more →

Tags: Genetics, Personalized Medicine

One In Three Billion Found: Single Mutation In FOXL2 Gene May Cause Granulosa Cell Ovarian Cancer

Paul Cacciatore wrote 3 weeks ago: “… Vancouver scientists from the Ovarian Cancer Research (OvCaRe) Program at BC Cancer … more →

Tags: Genetics, Causes, Medical Study Results, Discoveries, ovarian cancer, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ovarian Cancer Research Program, OvCaRe

Guest Blog: BRCA2 and Don't Know What to Do

Amy Rauch Neilson wrote 3 weeks ago: Guest Blogger Jenny Fink -- who is BRCA 2 positive -- faces some tough decisions. Please meet Jenny … more →

Tags: 1, BRCA 2, BRCA 2 mutation, breast cancer, breast cancer screening, Breastfeeding, genetic mutation, HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER, high-deductible

PROSTATE TESTS: Experimental blood test may obviate unnecessary biopsies

Jim Tucker wrote 4 weeks ago: JUNE 7: LOS ANGELES TIMES:   An experimental blood test that looks at the activity of six genes link … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, PSA tests, Prostate research, biopsy, screening debate, new tests, Prostate, psa test, blood test

PROSTATE TEST: Genetic fingerprint may help pinpoint men with cancer risk

Jim Tucker wrote 1 month ago: JUNE 5: WEB MD:  A blood test that characterises each prostate tumour by its unique genetic fingerpr … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Diagnosis, Prostate research, screening debate, Biomarkers, new tests, Prostate, blood test, blood tests

PROSTATE DIAGNOSIS: Experimental six-gene test augments PSA diagnostic accuracy

Jim Tucker wrote 1 month ago: JUNE 3: MEDICAL DEVICE LINK:  Results from a large study demonstrate that an experimental whole bloo … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, PSA tests, Diagnosis, Prostate research, prostate prognosis, Prostate, psa test, blood test, prostate specific antigen

Pathway Genomics: A New Contestant3 comments

Bertalan Meskó wrote 1 month ago: There already are plenty of companies offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing such as Navigenics … more →

Tags: Genome, Web 2.0

Stamer To Give 2009 Health Plan Eligibility Update At June 23 Dallas Human Resources Management Association Meeting

Curran Tomko Tarski LLP wrote 1 month ago: Amid soaring health care costs and tightening corporate budgets, employers and other group health pl … more →

Tags: Employer, Health Plans, Risk Management, Privacy, COBRA, stimulus bill, arra, genetic information, Gina

PROSTATE GENETICS: Way to go before genetic testing any help in diagnosis

Jim Tucker wrote 1 month ago: MAY 27: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFO-LINK:  We have a way to go before genetic testing is going to help … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Diagnosis, Prostate research, screening debate, new tests, Prostate, Cancer Research, prostablog, prostate blog


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