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US supreme court rules human genes cannot be patented
Source: The Guardian AU COURT calls DNA a product of nature, contradicting biotech firm’s argument…
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The Top 3 Abstracts from ASCO 2013 by A/Prof Gary Richardson
ASSOCIATE Professor Gary Richardson has selected what he feels are the 3 most important and most…
New scheme to routinely test patients for inherited cancer genes
Source: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org A new research programme will lay the foundations for routine testing for inherited cancer…
IMPAKT 2013: Gene expression test distinguishes between breast cancer patients at high or low risk of late recurrence
A TEST THAT measures the expression levels of 58 genes in oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancers…
Blood test reveals women’s response to breast cancer treatment
BREAST tumour DNA circulating in the bloodstream could be used to measure how well a…
Analysis of Circulating Tumour DNA to Monitor Metastatic Breast Cancer
SARAH-JANE Dawson published a paper on the management of metastatic breast cancer in the NEJM, 13…
Genetic research doubles leukaemia survival rate
UP TO 40 children would be dead today if not for Sydney researchers who have…