Medical DNA-in-the-News

In this study, Sean Brady of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, and colleagues extracted DNA from soils from the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, the Anza Borrego section of the Sonoran Desert of California, ...
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... joint effort of the School of Engineering and the School of Medicine. In practical terms, they have devised the genetic equivalent of a binary digit — a "bit" in data parlance. "Essentially, if the DNA section points in one direction, it's a zero.
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Diether Lambrechts (VIB – KU Leuven) said "in two large clinical studies with patients with advanced stages of pancreas and kidney cancer a variant in the DNA was discovered that identified patients who did not respond well to the prescribed course of ...
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Multiple research projects – including a 2006 study conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – have used DNA microarray analysis to identify several breast cancer subtypes, including luminal A, luminal B, basal-like and ...
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(See New Era of Metadata Medicine) The underlying DNA of Scanadu is illuminated by the newest member of their impressive team, Canadian Peter Jansen, a polymath with a background in astro and optical physics, cognitive artificial intelligence, ...
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As our technology functions at the DNA level, it can potentially be applied to any disease-related gene making it a versatile platform for the generation of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of unmet medical needs.
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All bodies now will be identified using one or more identification stations set up in the morgue, including dental records, DNA, fingerprints and pathology, or medical examination of the body. Specialists also will pay close attention to tattoos and ...
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It focused on the 1-2 percent of DNA in the genome that codes for proteins, and, as such, is one of the largest "whole exome" sequencing studies published on prostate cancer to date, according to Dr. Garraway. The impetus to search for genes in this ...
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The group has helped free almost 300 wrongly convicted individuals through DNA testing, according to the newspaper. Under the settlement, the group admits no guilt. Dr. Steven Hayne sued the Innocence Project after he was removed from Mississippi's ...
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The test, which analyzes fetal DNA in the mother's blood, underwent a clinical trial last year at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, with the research study published this month in Obstetrics & Gynecology. It went on the market a few ...
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The Innocence Project, which has helped free almost 300 wrongly convicted individuals through DNA testing, said it agreed to the judgment because its insurance carrier wanted to settle. In court papers, it says it believes "in good faith" that Hayne ...
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A new study published by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Broad Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital, challenges the conventional concept that raising a person's HDL levels (good ...
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Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC) will use Elekta’s MOSAIQ to coordinate treatment and planning. Elekta customized the MOSAIQ interface to fit the cultural and workflow prioritizes of SYSUCC. The integrated hardware and software solution will help to optimize SYSUCC’s workflow, reduce patient waiting time from one month to 20 days and increase treated patients from 520 per month to 600 per month. read more

Live tweeting, ukulele playing and numerous discussions swirling around social media and healthcare were to had throughout the Connecting Healthcare + Social Media Conference this past week in New York. read more

A developer of mobile messaging programs is teaming with the National Cancer Institute to launch a text messaging service targeted at teen and young adult smokers. The alliance between Mobile Commons and the NCI is the next step in the five-year-old, New York-based company’s efforts to develop a resource center for healthcare-related programs. To that end, the company has also rolled out the Mobile Commons for Health platform. read more

Health Union announced on Monday that it has launched the Migraine Meter, a free mobile app to help patients manage and monitor their migraines.

According to Health Union officials, the app features the latest migraine news, patient tips and expert opinions from Migraine.com and an interactive journal with extensive data storage. It is available for download on iPhone and Android smartphones. read more

The state of Oregon is joining the burgeoning number of health information exchanges across the country, with the implementation of CareAccord, a statwide HIE officials say will promote improved communication between care providers, reduce duplicate orders and facilitate implementation of meaningful use requirements. read more

Like soldiers inserted into the battle front, an IT-supported pilot program in New York’s Hudson Valley has embedded in primary practices a network of nurse care managers, who catch patients who fall off physicians’ radar to turn around their health status. The care managers take the time that physicians often don’t have to get to know patients, who have chronic and multiple conditions and require many services, and to understand the support they need. The use of care managers is already showing improved results. read more

Cloud-based research technology launched by Dell last year for the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is gearing up for what's billed as the world’s first precision medicine clinical trial for pediatric cancer. read more

Federal officials will soon consider a plan to set aside broadband spectrum for wireless healthcare monitoring devices, opening the door to more and better uses both inside and outside the hospital setting. read more

States must provide details to the federal government by Nov. 16 – just 10 days after the presidential election – on how they will run online insurance marketplaces, according to guidance released May 16. Those that don’t meet the deadline – or that can’t operate their own marketplaces, called exchanges  – will have it done for them by the federal government, starting in January 2014.
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InterSystems has launched the next generation of its InterSystems HealthShare, a strategic informatics platform for interoperability and active analytics. Designed originally for public HIEs, officials say the technology has been extended and rearchitected for use by integrated delivery networks (IDNs). read more

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