Genetic News

Testing thyroid nodules for the presence of a lectin molecule called galectin-3 could help improve identification of nodules with cancer and reduce the number of unnecessary surgeries, according to an Italian study. Read the rest of this entry »

Compared to a decade ago, kidney cancer patients in the United States are much more likely to be diagnosed with smaller tumors in the earliest, most treatable stage of the disease, resulting in a slightly higher survival rate. Read the rest of this entry »

Using regenerative medical techniques, it may be possible to create replacement bladders for people who’ve had their bladder removed due to cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

A therapeutic vaccine to treat prostate cancer appears safe and may be effective, according to the results of an early trial. Read the rest of this entry »

A panel of 15 genes may help determine which patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer will experience a recurrence and, therefore, benefit the most from chemotherapy, a new study shows. Read the rest of this entry »

A common genetic variant increases the risk of lung cancer, even in nonsmokers, researchers report. Read the rest of this entry »

Geneticists of Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) are the first to determine the DNA sequence of a woman. She is also the first European whose DNA sequence has been determined. This has been announced by the researchers this morning, during a special press conference at ‘Bessensap’, a yearly meeting of scientists and the press in the Netherlands. Read the rest of this entry »

Dozens of studies show collagen repair is possible and demonstrate why three types of available skin treatments are effective: topical retinoic acid, carbon dioxide laser resurfacing and injections of cross-linked hyaluronic acid. Read the rest of this entry »

The ability to drive somatic, or fully differentiated, human cells back to a pluripotent or “stem cell” state would overcome many of the significant scientific and social challenges to the use of embryo-derived stem cells and help realize the promise of regenerative medicine. Read the rest of this entry »