Personalized Medicine – News and Features

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Fluidigm and Stemgent Awarded One of CIRM’S First Grants to the Biotech Industry
The grant will be used to develop a cell culture chip and support system that will help researchers accelerate stem cell research in California.

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Horizon Discovery Sign Screening Agreement with Actelion Pharmaceuticals
The agreement covers the screening of a number of Actelion lead compounds on a wide panel of genotypes using Horizon’s X-MAN cell-line technology.

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Differences in Metabolism as a Result of Genetic Variants Described
Common genetic polymorphisms induce major differentiations in the metabolic make-up of the human population, according to a new article.

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InforSense Partners with U.K.’s Leading Institutions to Combat Alzheimer’s Disease
Translational research solution to help accelerate early diagnosis and personalized medicine treatments.

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BioTrove and Gene Express to Co-Market Novel Standardised Genetic Profiling Test
BioTrove Inc. and Gene Express, Inc. announced an exclusive co-marketing agreement to test market a standardised genetic profiling test for indicators of lung cancer risk.

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HHS Secretary Leavitt Receives Personalized Medicine Coalition Award for Leadership
The annual PMC award recognizes the contributions of Secretary Leavitt in advancing the frontier of personalized medicine.

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Celera and Abbott Enter Collaboration to Identify Pharmacogenomic Markers
Celera has entered into a research collaboration with Abbott to identify genetic markers for one of Abbott’s investigational compounds.

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AltheaDx to Offer the DxS K-RAS Test for Clinical Studies
DxS K-RAS test will assist US oncologists in studying patient response to cancer therapies in clinical trials.

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High Throughput Imaging Speeds Analysis of Hormone Receptors
A new high throughput microscopy technique enabled researchers at Baylor College of Medicine to analyze thousands of individual cells expressing androgen receptor.

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Personalized Medicine Coalition Applauds New Report
A new report by a presidential advisory council says that personalized medicine—treatment based on an understanding of each patient’s unique physical makeup, including genetic structure—could significantly improve healthcare.
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