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• Postmenopausal Depression & Weight Gain Linked to Chronic Disease

  
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  Researchers have made a connection between postmenopausal women who use antidepressant medication and suffer from depression, a large waist circumference, and inflammation with an increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In the study, published in the American Journal of Public Health , University of ...
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• Scan predicts whether therapy or meds will best lift depression

  
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  Biomarker could point the way past trial-and-error inefficiencies Pre-treatment scans of brain activity predicted whether depressed patients would best achieve remission with an antidepressant medication or psychotherapy, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. “Our goal is to develop reliable ...
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• Swiss researchers find cancer metastasis master switch

  
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  Swiss researchers may have discovered a master switch for cancer metastasis, a process that forms secondary tumors and is the leading cause of death among cancer patients.
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• ASCO 2013 Abraxane in pancreatic cancer is a welcome new treatment option

  
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  At ASCO 2013 Daniel D. Van Hoff, MD,  presented the data for the phase III pancreatic cancer MPACT trial that…
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• TERF1 is crucial for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells

  
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  In a recent study, a team of researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Ralph Schneider, and the Telomeres and Telomerase Group, headed by María Blasco, discovered that the TERF1 gene is both essential for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells and can be used as a marker for ...
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• Biomarker could help scientists choose the right cell line when conducting stem cell experiments

  
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  WNT3 helps pinpoint stem cell lines primed to turn into liver, pancreas and similar tissues; other genes may help select other lineages According to researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital, stem cells that strongly express a gene called WNT3 are biased to develop into cells and tissues including pancreas, liver ...
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• Mayo Clinic: Metabolomics could be key to early Alzheimers blood Dx test

  
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  A technique known as metabolomics may enable an Alzheimers disease blood test diagnosis before patients start displaying symptoms, Mayo Clinic scientists have concluded.
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• Qiagen eyes companion diagnostics with cancer deals

  
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  Qiagen has licensed a few a cancer biomarkers the company said will help expand its heft in the lucrative companion diagnostics world, targeting gene expressions that jibe with in-development therapies.
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• Woodcock Urges Forward March Toward Personalized Medicine

  
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  New approaches for conducting clinical trials and developing therapies that actually prevent and cure disease are key to the future of effective drug therapy, according to Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). Personalized medicine has achieved mainstream status, ...
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• Luminex re-ups assay deal with Merck KGaA

  
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  Luminex has inked a long-term agreement with Merck KGaAs life sciences business, tasking the German company with providing assays for Luminexs research technology.
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• ASCO 2013 Highlights Part 2

  
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  It’s that time of the year when the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) hurtles around…
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• Collaboration is the key to predicting dementia

  
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  Curtin University researchers have determined that current methods used to predict the onset of early dementia are inadequate and should be extended. Previously, a genetic marker called APOE has been linked to an impairment in thinking skills associated with the development of Alzheimer’s dementia as people get ...
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• Consumers Will Soon Have Devices In Their Hands To Detect GMO and Toxic Foods

  
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  Marco Torres preventdisease.com May 26, 2013 In the not too distant future, consumers will be able to run on-the-spot tests for environmental toxins, GMOs, pesticides, food safety and more with their smartphones and other hand-held devices. Every human being on every developed nation on Earth, whether living in a ...
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• Genetic Predictors of Postpartum Depression Uncovered

  
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  Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered specific chemical alterations in two genes that, when present during pregnancy, reliably predict whether a woman will develop postpartum depression. The epigenetic modifications, which alter the way genes function without changing the underlying DNA sequence, can ...
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• Session Spotlight: Screenings, Biomarkers & Diagnostic Testing to Manage Outcomes and Costs

  
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  Advances in our understanding of the genetic mutations and alterations and resultant expression are leading to the identification of more and more biomarkers to help direct patient management. Biomarker development and applications are being seen in early detection, prognosis, toxicity profiling, predictive, effective ...
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