S scientists have released the world’s largest collection of genetic data on childhood cancers in a bid to speed up treatment discoveries.The US Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has mapped the entire genome – all the DNA – of 260 young cancer patients.By finding differences between each youngster’s n

เมื่อวันที่ 2 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555 ณ โรงแรมสยามซิตี้ ภญ.วรัญญา รัตนวิภาพงษ์ นักวิจัย HITAP ได้นำเสนอผลการศึกษาการประเมินความคุ้มค่าทางการแพทย์ของการให้บริการตรวจคัดกรองยีน HLA-B*1502 เพื่อหลีกเลี่ยงการเกิดผื่นแพ้ยาชนิดกลุ่มอาการ Stevens – Johnson syndrome (SJS) และ Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) จากยา

For the first time, researchers have determined virtually the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood sample from the pregnant woman and a saliva specimen from the father.The accomplishment heralds an era in which parents might find it easier to know the complete DNA blueprint of a child months

(Reuters Health) – There’s more evidence that the new formulation of OxyContin, the time-release version of oxycodone, is discouraging abuse of the powerful drug.But the reformulation, introduced in August 2010 to make it harder to crush the medicine into powder, limiting the ability to snort, injec

(Reuters) – Pharmaceutical companies selling drugs in parts of the San Francisco Bay area would be required to submit plans for incinerating or safely disposing of unused medication under a plan advanced by county officials this week.The measure, billed by supporters as the first of its kind in the

Scientists have assembled a “timeline” of the unseen progress of Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear.A team at Washington University School of Medicine looked at families with a genetic risk of the disease.Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, they say signs appeared up to 25 years before t

(Reuters) – Fewer people infected with HIV globally are dying as more of them get access to crucial antiretroviral drugs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations AIDS program said on Wednesday.The United Nations estimates that about 34 million people are living with the human immunode

A drug already on the market that treats immune disorders may help stabilize patients with Alzheimer’s disease for up to three years, according to the results of a tiny study presented at a conference on Tuesday.All four patients who received the optimal dose of the drug, Gammagard from Baxter Inter

WASHINGTON — Is the world on the verge of ending the AIDS epidemic and creating an AIDS-free generation, even though a cure and a vaccine are still distant hopes?Yes, roared enthusiasts among the nearly 24,000 participants at the 19th International AIDS Conference here last week. Their hopes are bas

(Reuters Health) – When people with chronic health conditions have lower out-of-pocket costs for medications, they are more likely to actually fill their prescriptions, according to a new research review.The findings, reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine, sound logical. But they lend some har