TGen Wins $2M NIH Grant for Blood-Based Melanoma Monitoring Approach
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) announced this week that it has been awarded a five-year grant worth $2 million from […]
Month: August 2018
Georgetown Releases Updated Database for Genomic, Clinical Research on Brain Cancer
CHICAGO (GenomeWeb) – Bioinformaticians at Georgetown University Medical Center are expecting to see an uptick in genome-based research into brain cancers — even with data […]
What to know about brain stem strokes
The brain stem controls essential bodily functions, such as breathing, swallowing, and balance. A blockage or a bleed in the brain stem can cause a […]
Subset of Ewing Sarcomas Arise from Early, Complex Genome Rearrangements
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A subset of particularly aggressive Ewing sarcomas seem to stem from a complex rearrangement known as chromoplexy that occurs early in […]
Clinical Proteomics Consortium Shows FFPE Tissue Suitable for Mass Spec-Based Proteomics
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium […]
MDxHealth H1 Revenues Fall 29 Percent
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) — MDxHealth today reported that its total revenues for the first half of 2018 dropped 29 percent year over year while product […]
Poultry-Adapted E. Coli Implicated in Subset of Urinary Tract Infections
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – An Escherichia coli strain that is adapted to poultry — and sometimes found in retail chicken and turkey products — appears […]
Phosphoproteomic Study IDs Prognostic Kinase Signature for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team led by researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center and Utrecht University have identified a set of protein […]
Tempus Raises $110M in Series E Financing
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Cancer informatics and precision medicine firm Tempus said today that it has raised $110 million in a Series E financing round. […]
Bladder Cancer Response to Immunotherapy Informed by Expression Profiles
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – New research suggests that stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment may interfere with immune system’s efforts to combat bladder cancer in […]