GeneAssess, Inc., is dedicated to developing its breakthrough discovery of the FRY gene as
a predictive biomarker for breast and other cancers.
In efforts to enhance pre-clinical drug testing, Thomas Gaddy of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues in the research group of Professor Stacey Finley investigated a potential
predictive biomarker for a type of cancer drug known as anti-angiogenic therapy.
His research focuses on developing new therapies and identifying novel prognostic and
predictive biomarkers for canine lymphomas.
Not exact matches
Adding two blood - borne proteins associated with cancer cell migration increases the
predictive ability of the current
biomarker for pancreatic cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The team's next avenue of research will be focused on identifying a «
biomarker» that can identify this distinct suppressive cell elsewhere in the body —
for example, in blood or other samples — as a potential
predictive clinical tool to determine when these cells are present in patients, which currently can not be done.
«The LSC17 score is the most powerful
predictive and prognostic
biomarker currently available
for AML, and is the first stem cell - based
biomarker developed in this way
for any human cancer,» says Dr. Wang.
In Europe, the legislation
for marketing of medicinal products (MP) and IVDs including
predictive biomarker - based assays (Companion Diagnostics, CDx) are not directly linked which is challenging
for co-development.
P4 medicine will permit to identify
predictive and preventive
biomarkers and genomic mapping, adapting treatments to each patient, and having the patients engaged
for a successful outcome.
BPRC is also involved in the development of assays and
biomarkers for the
predictive value of animal models in vaccine evaluation.
The mission of the Center
for Predictive Medicine
for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (CPM) is to improve human health by conducting basic and translational research that leads to the development of effective diagnostic
biomarkers, vaccines, antivirals and therapeutics
for emerging, re-emerging, neglected or rare infectious diseases.
As ER - α is considered a reliable
biomarker in immunohistochemical analyses and is already used to guide endocrine treatment it would be a suitable treatment
predictive marker
for antiangiogenic therapies.