Large Gene panel helpful in identifying cancer-causing genes ANI | Updated: Feb 06, 2021 14:14 IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have found a gene panel that includes all genes known to potentially cause cancer. This can be readily adopted for use in clinical laboratories to diagnose acute myeloid leukemia, or AML.
The 523-gene panel, which looks about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes, developed by San Diego-based biotech company Illumina, is currently used to diagnose and fine-tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia. The investigators reported in the journal PLOS ONE.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb.3, 2021) - A $1 million gift from the estate of a pool industry pioneer has established the newest endowed chair at the state of Georgia s only public medical school.
The gift from the estate of the late Leon Bloom, founder of BioLab, Inc., an international swimming pool chemical company, honors him and his late wife by creating the Leon and Dorothy Bloom Chair in Medical Research at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. We are thankful for the benevolence of donors like the Blooms and this invaluable gift to MCG, says MCG Dean Dr. David Hess. Philanthropic gifts like this enable us to recruit and retain the best faculty, who in turn help us carry out our essential missions of education, research and patient care.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 1, 2020) - A gene panel that looks for about 10 times the number of cancer-causing genes as panels currently used to diagnose and fine tune treatment for a variety of cancers is effective at identifying problematic genes in the most common leukemia, investigators report.
The 523-gene panel, developed by San Diego-based biotech company Illumina, which includes all genes known to potentially cause cancer, can be readily adopted for use in clinical laboratories to diagnose acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, the investigators report in the journal
PLOS ONE.
Identifying more genetic mutations in an individual s cancer also enables more targeted treatment for that patient, they say. That includes finding mutations not previously associated with their cancer type, which opens the door to using drugs targeting those mutations that have traditionally been used against other cancers.
6+ benefits of whole-body vibration
At the start of the new year, many people are looking for ways to improve their fitness levels. If you’ve walked into any gym lately, you might see a person standing or squatting on a vibrating platform and wondering if it’s the latest fad.
This vibrating platform is producing whole-body vibration (WBV), a form of passive exercise for improving neuromuscular performance. But can whole-body vibration replace other types of exercise to optimize fitness?
A brief history of w
hole-body vibration
The idea of using vibration to improve health dates back to ancient Greece, where doctors of the time used WBV on wounded soldiers. They created vibrations over wounds by plucking the strings of a bow-like instrument and believed it caused quicker healing.
Immediately after a traumatic brain injury and as long as one year later, there are increased levels of immune cells called ILCs in the brain promoting inflammation, which can worsen brain damage, scientists report.
They also report for the first time that the cell energy sensor AMPK is a brake that can stop what becomes a chronic state of destructive inflammation driven by these ILCs, or innate lymphoid cells.