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CareDx Intends to Make an IPO of Common Stock with The Intent of Realizing $50 Million.
Jun 13, 2014CareDx. which two weeks ago entered into an agreement to acquire ImmuMetrix Inc., has announced that it intends to make an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock with the intent of realizing $50 million. Brisbane, CA–based ...
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Age Was a Key Risk Factor for Breast Cancer
Feb 25, 2014Age is a key risk factor for breast cancer. A recent study by researchers from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC), "Age-related DNA methylation in normal breast tissue and its relationship with invasive breast tumor ...
Tags: breast cancer, Epigenetics, connection between cancer and the aging
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Dormant Prostate Cancer Cells Found in Bone Tissue Can Be Reawakened
Feb 25, 2014Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute discovered in pre-clinical models that dormant prostate cancer cells found in bone tissue can be reawakened, causing metastasis to other parts of the body. ...
Tags: Prostate Cancer Cells, reawakened, preventing the spread of disease
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Everyday Our Cells Take in Nutrients From Food and Convert Them Into The Building Blocks
Feb 13, 2014Everyday our cells take in nutrients from food and convert them into the building blocks that make life possible. However, it has been challenging to pinpoint exactly how a single nutrient or vitamin changes gene expression and physiology. ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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Fluxion Biosciences Announced The Release of a New Reagent Kit for The IsoFlux System
Jan 21, 2014Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. announced the release of a new reagent kit for the IsoFlux System designed to provide more options for circulating tumor cell (CTC) and other rare cell capture from biological samples. The IsoFlux Rare Cell ...
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There Is a Biological Link Between Paternal Diet, Bodyweight and Health
Jan 20, 2014Research involving rats suggests that there is a biological link between paternal diet, bodyweight and health at the time of conception and the health of his offspring. In a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal, ...
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An RNA Sequencing Study Has Shown Altered Expression of Genes and Transcripts
Jan 16, 2014By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter An RNA sequencing study of patients with bipolar disorder has shown altered expression of genes and transcripts, including those involved in neuroplasticity and circadian rhythms. Nirmala ...
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Researchers Hope to Eventually Enhance The Quality and Quantity of Beef
Jan 15, 2014Can changes to a cow's energy intake during the second trimester enhance the quality of beef her offspring will produce? What effect might it have on the reproductive ability of the cow's offspring? Those are questions a team of SDSU ...
Tags: beef industry, cow's offspring, cow, energy intake, second trimester
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Researchers Explore The Possible Effects
Jan 14, 2014In "Epigenetics: A New Link Between Nutrition and Cancer", a recent article from Nutrition and Cancer: An International Journal, a publication of Routledge, researchers explore the possible effects that diet can have on gene expression ...
Tags: Diet, Gene Expression, Epigenetic Mechanisms
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The New Study Appears in The Journal Insect Molecular Biology
Jan 13, 2014A new study seeks to determine how one parasitic species can give rise to two drastically different outcomes in its host: The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) can transmit dangerous bacterial infections to humans, while the human head ...
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How Cell-to-Cell Chemical Connections Influence Individual Cell Function?
Jan 12, 2014A multi-disciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania have published in Nature Methods a first-of-its-kind way to isolate RNA from live cells in their natural tissue microenvironment without damaging nearby cells. This allows the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
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A Collaboration and License Agreement Focused on The Development of Therapeutics
Jan 10, 2014Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGMO) announced today an exclusive worldwide collaboration and license agreement focused on the development of therapeutics for hemoglobinopathies, inherited conditions that ...
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A Ludwig Cancer Research Study Has Uncovered a Phenomenon
Jan 10, 2014A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a phenomenon that alters prevailing views of how the genome is expressed to make and sustain the life of mammals. Published in the journal Science, the paper helps explain why genetically ...
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In Most Tetrapods The Fourth Finger Is The First to Develop in The Embryo
Jan 8, 2014In most tetrapods (land vertebrates) the fourth (ring) finger is the first to develop in the embryo. And in birds, the finger on the outside of the hand (posterior, the pinky side) appears first, which suggests that this is the ring finger. ...
Tags: tetrapods, birds, finger, embryonic finger, ring finger, evolution
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The World's Most Exotic Sex Lives May Be The Ones Lived by Fungi
Jan 6, 2014From a biological point of view, the world's most exotic sex lives may be the ones lived by fungi. As a kingdom, they are full of surprises, and a new one reported in the journal Nature seems sure to titillate the intellects of those who ...
Tags: fungal fecundity, yeast, reproduction, variety of reproduction
