Sentences with phrase «using genomic testing»

One Health wants to improve the treatment of canine cancer, using genomic testing and gene sequencing to improve diagnosis and the efficacy of treatments.

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Consequently, «physicians without specialized genetics training will be increasingly called upon to order genomic testing and use the results in the care of their patients.»

In the new study, Professor Pisani and colleagues used cutting edge statistical techniques (Posterior Predictive Analyses) to test whether the evolutionary models routinely used in phylogenetics can adequately describe the genomic datasets used to study early animal evolution.

They digested human genomic DNA using Cas9 nucleases in a test tube, which was then subjected by whole genome sequencing.

Tamayo and team tested REVEALER using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), the National Institutes of Health's database of genomic information from more than 500 human tumors representing many cancer types.

Using genetic testing to inform which blood thinner to use following a procedure to open narrowed blood vessels resulted in significantly fewer complications among patients, according to new research in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, an American Heart Association journal.

Collins, who points out that the commitment of the genome project to address ethical issues as well as generate data came at the project's inception, describes four categories of questions: Fairness and privacy; implementation of new medical practices based on genomic data (e.g., genetic testing); use of human subjects; and public education.

In addition to much needed conservation efforts, Detwiler and her team also are working to solve the evolutionary puzzle of the Dryas monkey using genomic research to test the hypothesis that this species is a close relative of the Vervet monkey.

MacConaill noted that the results of Profile genomic testing are being used to further research within the institutions and are being shared more widely with initiatives like Project GENIE of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which will help advance the field of precision medicine.

And in only a minority of cases — about 10 percent across the cohort, the researchers estimated — was the test information used in caring for the patient, although in some cancer types genomic results were used in a much higher percent of cases.

The Institute uses highly specialized tools for genetic testing and analysis of these samples, and to prepare them for genomic sequencing.

He also noted that there are other genomic tests on the market and that physicians are in the early stages of learning how to use them.

The Company's proprietary BeadArray technology — used in leading genomics centers around the world — provides the throughput, cost effectiveness and flexibility necessary to enable researchers in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries to perform the billions of tests necessary to extract medically valuable information from advances in genomics and proteomics.

We use a technique that is based on the incorporation of nuclear bomb test derived 14C into genomic DNA, which allows for the analysis of cell and tissue turnover in humans.

Dr. Funke explores the changing genomic testing workflow and the trend towards genome wide testing, as well as current debates about using panels or exome testing.

Economic Modeling: Our economic modeling core, led by Dr. Ann Wu, uses a variety of modeling approaches to project the medical and financial consequences of genomic medicine, including the use of pharmacogenomic testing to inform medication choices and the use of sequencing as an adjunct to standard newborn screening.

The BabySeq Project: Genomic Sequencing for Childhood Risk and Newborn Illness (U19 HD077671) is a first - of - its - kind randomized clinical trial designed to examine how best to use genomics in clinical pediatric medicine by creating and safely testing methods for integrating sequencing into the care of newborns.

This initiative will significantly accelerate the use of genomics in clinical medicine by creating and safely testing novel methods for integrating information from WGS into physicians» care of patients.

Instead of using genomic technology in the hopes of identifying a cause for a specific condition, genomic sequencing in healthy individuals would follow a model of «predispositional» genomic testing.

Nested PCR was also performed at BSRI using double blinded genomic DNA specimens in order to independently test for XMRV gag sequences.

There are already well established databases within the consortium, the London Pain Database (LPD) and QUAST (DFNS, Germany): The LPD is used for datamining of functional genomics data to help identify individual genes and functional networks associated with chronic pain, QUAST on the other hand collects questionnaire data, clinical and neurophysiological findings and calculates valid clusters of phenotypes with different interaction patterns of sensory loss with and without different types of peripheral and central hyperalgesia based on QST (quantitative sensory testing) data.

Topics at «Genetics — Moving to the Center of Healthcare» include the role of genomic testing in guiding cancer treatment, approaches to helping families that are coping with genetic diagnoses, and interpretation and use of genomic sequencing results in the newborn population.

Using recent advances in molecular biology, genomics, and computational sciences, the new toxicity testing methods will allow the EPA to screen thousands of environmental chemicals quickly for potentially harmful effects.

Environmental Leader has a well written report explaining how EPA is Changing the Way it Tests Chemical Toxicity «Using recent advances in molecular biology, genomics, and computational sciences, the new toxicity testing methods will allow the EPA to screen thousands of environmental chemicals quickly for potentially harmful effects.»

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