New Genetic Testing Offers Hope for Chronic Blood Diseases: Rare Cancers Share a Genetic Mutation
Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, are a group of incurable blood cancers that affect up to 100,000 Americans and, until fairly recently, were a mystery to scientists. What caused MPNs? And why were some people more susceptible than others? The question is being answered, at least in part, right now. Researchers believe that identifying genetic mutations holds some of the answers for earlier diagnosis and the development of better treatments.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer represents about 25% of all female genital tract malignancies However, there are more deaths from ovarian cancer each year in the United States than from endometrial cancer and cervical cancer combined

How Do I Avoid Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer is a condition which most people dread There are certain types of cancer which respond very well to modern chemotherapy and have excellent chances of recovery

Biomatters and GenomeQuest Announce Interoperability Alliance
New Zealand-based scientific software company Biomatters Ltd, creators of Geneious Pro, and GenomeQuest, the leader in sequence data management (SDM), announce an alliance to offer researchers a landmark “top-down” discovery methodology for next generation sequencing (NGS) projects.

Common gene variants increase risk of hypertension, may lead to new therapies
A significant risk factor for heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. The report receiving early online release in the journal Nature Genetics identifies variants in genes for proteins involved with cardiovascular response to stress that also appear to influence blood pressure levels, an association previously seen in animals but not demonstrated in humans.

NorthShore University HealthSystem Researcher Calls for Open Dialogue on Need for Population-Based Genetic Screening and Ovarian Cancer Prevention
A group of researchers, led by a medical genetics expert at NorthShore University HealthSystem (http://www.northshore.org/) (NorthShore), is calling on medical professionals, public health leaders and the public to initiate a dialogue about the importance of establishing a population-based genetic screening program to help identify women who are unknowingly at high risk for ovarian cancer. The author's screening model analysis currently appears online in Genetics In Medicine, the official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (http://www.acmg.net/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home3)....

UCSF Team Closer to Creating Safe Embryonic-Like Stem Cells
A team of UCSF (http://www.ucsf.edu) researchers has for the first time used tiny molecules called microRNAs to help turn adult mouse cells back to their embryonic state. These reprogrammed cells are pluripotent, meaning that, like embryonic stem cells (http://www.ucsf.edu), they have the capacity to become any cell type in the body.