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Genetic analysis can reduce adverse drug reactions by 30%

Medical Xpress

Patients can experience 30% fewer serious adverse reactions if their drugs are tailored to their genes, reports a study published in The Lancet. A European collaboration involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet suggests that a genetic analysis prior to drug therapy could significantly reduce suffering and health care costs.

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#news #biotech Boost for mouse genetic analysis

BioTech 365

Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Boost for mouse genetic analysis.To understand what role an individual gene plays, biologists have, for 100 years, been using a trick of nature: While in principle, the … Continue reading →

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What Do Patients Have to Say about Gene Therapy Trials? An Upcoming FDA Public Meeting to Hear from Patients and Caregivers

FDA Law Blog

To further expand patient input into product development, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Office of Therapeutic Products or “OTP” (formerly the Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, or “OTAT”) is holding a free public workshop titled, Clinical Trials: The Patient Experience.

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New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics

Scienmag

Computational method capable of decoding influence of rare variants Geneticists could identify the causes of disorders that currently go undiagnosed if standard practices for collecting individual genetic information were expanded to capture more variants that researchers can now decipher, concludes new Johns Hopkins University research.

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Immunotherapies could target aggressive pancreatic cancer, research indicates

The Pharma Data

Researchers have discovered that an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer ‘hijacks’ the immune system’s response and therefore is more likely to respond to treatment with immunotherapy, raising hopes for new targets in the fight against the disease.

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Genetic sleuthing reveals endangered river dolphins in Asia as different species

Scienmag

Tissue collection at NOAA Fisheries lab helps reveal genetic distinction Credit: Mansur/WCR Bangladesh New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research has revealed that one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals is actually two species rather than one, as scientists had long assumed.

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After Stillbirth, New Genetic Analyses May Give Parents Answers

Scienmag

12) — Columbia researchers have uncovered an array of new genes that cause stillbirth, significantly increasing the understanding of the condition’s genetic foundations. NEW YORK, NY (Aug.