Sentences with phrase «diagnostic gene tests»

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The company's Gene - RADAR system can be used at the actual hospitals where patients go; it's portable, making it an especially convenient system for Zika virus testing since blood samples don't have to be shipped off to diagnostic labs.

At the same time, veterinarians and breeders can use the gene test as a diagnostic tool,» explains Ahonen.

The genes can help predict a person's risk of developing disease with approximately 78 % accuracy, and could be targeted by molecular diagnostic tests.

The Duke team has previously explored blood tests to examine a patient's RNA for gene signatures to distinguish bacterial and viral infections in the upper respiratory tract and is working with a private company to develop potential diagnostics.

Dr Jamshidi said: «These findings can be used for diagnostic testing of people with symptoms similar to those described in this study and where the gene responsible for their condition is not known.

But the diagnostic test, which checks to see if a patient's tumor carries a mutation in a gene coding for anaplastic lymphoma kinase, called ALK, is just $ 250.

The decision was a defeat for biotech firm Myriad Genetics, which has patent claims on two breast cancer genes, and means that diagnostic labs are now free to test for these genes without fear of a lawsuit.

Myriad has used sequences on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes to develop a diagnostic test over which it or its international representatives have held a potentially lucrative monopoly.

This gene is identified by an investigational FLT3 Mutation Assay companion diagnostic a specific lab test of their blood or bone marrow, which is used to see if they have a mutation of the FLT3 gene.

The identification of these new genes enables diagnostic DNA testing and is the first step toward the development of new treatments.

deCODE is also developing a DNA - based diagnostic test based upon the at - risk and protective haplotypes within the PDE4D gene.

The alliance will initially focus on the development, validation and commercialization of specific diagnostic tests for variants in genes involved in three disease - related pathways:

The expense and effort are increased by the FDA requirement that any company applying for approval of a drug targeted against a specific gene - driven abnormality must also produce a diagnostic test for that abnormality.

Using examples including hereditary breast cancer, Dr. Lacbawan explores the diagnostic applications of sequencing, comparing when to use next generation cancer gene panels versus gene by gene testing.

Sansbury and Kmiec said that while their work with their CRISPR - Cpf1tool has confirmed its usefulness for reliably editing DNA samples that are part of a diagnostic test, it is not yet fully developed as a therapeutic tool for directly treating disorders that would involve repairing or removing malfunctioning genes in humans, animals or plants.

A new genre of diagnostic tests — which determine whether a medicine is right for a patient's genes — are...

Currently, the patents give Myriad exclusive rights to conduct diagnostic tests on the genes.

It is also responsible for the advancement of the several biological fields like applied genomics, immunology, development of pharmaceutical therapies and diagnostic test and recombinant gene techniques.

If a gene or effect through diagnostics that causes this disease is found, then we may be able to develop a genetic test or future diagnostic tests to know identify which dogs have or do not have this disease.

Because some dogs that carry genes involved in SAS will be missed using the most current diagnostic tests - OFA or any other certification of a puppy's parents is not an absolute guarantee that the disease can not occur.

As markers flanking and successively closer to the disease gene are identified, the accuracy of a diagnostic linkage test is improved, but even relatively distant markers give some predictive information.

Various types of linkage tests have been most successful for identifying genetic markers located close enough to disease genes to be useful in diagnostic tests.

CHEO has been granted a licence by the patent owner, Transgenomic, Inc., to use the genes for non-profit diagnostic testing.

Any commercial drug or gene - based diagnostic test developed from the research will be provided free of charge to all Icelanders during the lifetime of the patent (between 17 and 20 years).