New analysis of breast cancer subtypes could lead to better risk stratification
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Washington, DC - For the first time, researchers have used national data to determine the incidence of the four major molecular subtypes of breast cancer by age, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and several other factors. These four subtypes respond differently to treatment and have different survival rates.
BioMarin Announces One Oral and 7 Poster Presentations at the 2015 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting
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San Rafael, California - BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. today announced the results of a post-hoc sub-analysis of the PKU-016 or ASCEND study, the largest randomized controlled trial evaluating neurocognitive outcomes in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) treated with the approved therapy Kuvan® (sapropterin dihydrochloride)at the 2015 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting.
More than $1.6 million for California as USDA announces grants for childhood obesity prevention programs
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Sacramento, California - The USDA has awarded $9 million in grants to develop childhood obesity intervention programs through colleges and universities in 12 states and Puerto Rico. The grants are funded through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the flagship competitive grant program authorized under the 2014 Farm Bill.
UCLA researchers help create ‘gold standard’ method for measuring a key early sign of Alzheimer’s disease
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Los Angeles, California - After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease - the atrophy of the part of the brain known as the hippocampus.
Microsecond Raman imaging might probe cells, organs for disease
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West Lafayette, Indiana - A vibrational spectroscopic imaging technology that can take images of living cells could represent an advanced medical diagnostic tool for the early detection of cancer and other diseases.
Nanotechnology platform shows promise for treating pancreatic cancer
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Los Angeles, California - Scientists at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have combined their nanotechnology expertise to create a new treatment that may solve some of the problems of using chemotherapy to treat pancreatic cancer.
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