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Genetics of Asthma in African Americans
GenomeWeb Asthma affects some populations in the US more than others, NPR reports. African-American children, it adds, are twice as likely as white children to have asthma and are 10 times as likely to die of asthma-related complications. And genetics appear to … |
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Abbott to Develop CDx for AstraZeneca Asthma Drug
GenomeWeb NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – AstraZeneca has inked an agreement with Abbott to develop companion diagnostic tests to identify patients with severe asthma who are most likely to benefit from the investigational therapy, tralokinumab, developed by … AstraZeneca (AZN), Abbott (ABT) to Develop Diagnostic Tests for Asthma Patients Diagnostic Tests for Biologic Asthma Therapy Under Development Drugmaker dives into personalized medicine for asthma, heart disease |
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Genome-wide Analysis of Asthma Patients Implicates VNN1 Expression in …
GenomeWeb NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Through a genome-wide analysis, researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have linked the expression of the VNN1 gene to whether or not asthma patients responded well to corticosteroid treatment. |
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Mt Sinai Explores Ways to Make Genetic Information Part of Asthma Health Study
GenomeWeb The Mt Sinai team developed the asthma app in collaboration with LifeMap Solutions, a BioTime subsidiary. The partners are now developing an electronic genetic counseling platform, which could be included in future versions of the app, that would … Investors appear to wake up to potential of BioTime's Asthma iPhone app (BTX) |
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Enhanced GWAS Method IDs New Loci Associated With Response to Asthma …
GenomeWeb NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – By integrating pharmacodynamic modeling into a GWAS analysis, researchers have identified and validated in independent cohorts five loci significantly associated with asthma patients' responses to inhaled glucocorticoid … |
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NIH Provides $573000 to 23andMe for Three Projects
GenomeWeb 23andMe's research cohort, it said, includes more than 25,000 individuals with one or more allergies; more than 8,000 patients diagnosed with asthma; and more than 5,000 patients with eczema. More than 100,000 individuals will be used as controls for … 23andMe Scientists Receive More Than $500000 In Funding from the National … |
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GWAS IDs New Atopic Dermatitis Risk Loci in Japanese Population
GenomeWeb "These findings suggest that atopic dermatitis and asthma or allergic rhinitis have overlapping susceptibility regions," senior author Mayumi Tamari, a respiratory diseases researcher at the Riken Center, and co-authors wrote, "and that these regions … 8 new susceptibility loci for eczema identified Japanese Scientists Identify DNA That Causes Skin Disease |
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