Sentences with phrase «specific genetic abnormality»
The Philadelphia chromosome or Philadelphia translocation (Ph) is a specific genetic abnormality in chromosome 22 of leukemia cancer cells (particularly chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells).
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In NSCLC there are specific genetic abnormalities within the tumor that can be exploited with drugs specific for the molecular abnormality.
April 4, 2016 Precision medicine brings new hope to those with advanced urothelial cancer Five of six patients with advanced metastatic urothelial cancer and at least one of two specific genetic abnormalities, responded to treatment with afatinib, which was approved in 2013 by the Food and Drug Administration for patients with lung cancer, researchers report online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Back - to - back discoveries from Cleveland Clinic demonstrate for the first time how a testosterone - related genetic abnormality can help predict individual patient responses to specific prostate cancer therapies.
Through this technology, scientists obtained stem cells from individuals with a genetic abnormality that confers increased susceptibility to schizophrenia, and they observed deficits during nerve development that could be traced to a specific gene called CYFIP1, which helps maintain a nerve cell's structure.
This response led to a discussion about abnormalities in chromosome formation and how this leads to specific genetic diseases.