Archive for October, 2006

CpG Methylation System Revealed in Western Honey Bee

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Last week Science published several new reports on Apis mellifera, the honey bee, including a report from Wang et. al on the functional CpG methylation system in this newly sequenced genome. The methylation report has a number of key findings and implications for further research:While the widely used genetics model Drosophila melanogaster shows only [...]

Orion Teams with Mayo for Validation of Breast Cancer Detection

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

St. Louis-based Orion Genomics has announced a collaboration with the Mayo Clinic to establish the utility of using its breast cancer biomarkers in the early detection of other cancers, such as lung, ovarian, and colon cancers. Mayo will be used to “validate the tumor specificity of Orion’s breast cancer biomarkers by analyzing the cross [...]

Johns Hopkins/USC Cancer Centers to Analyze Methylation Profiles in Cancers

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md, in a joint partnership with the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Southern California, has been selected as one of seven Cancer Genome Characterization Centers (CGCCs) by the National Cancer Institute. The two cancer centers will take up the [...]

An Epigenetic Factor in Increased Infant Mortality

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Epigenetics may play a role in the higher rates of infant mortality and low birth weight babies born to black women. The News and Advance reports this from Dr. Michael Lu of the UCLA School of Medicine and School of Public Health, as well as a co-principal investigator on a three-year, $15 million [...]

Carnivals of Interest

Monday, October 16th, 2006

A couple of carnivals recently published may interest the loyal readers here at Epigenetics News:Tangled Bank #64, hosted by The Neurophilosopher’s Weblog. This collection of the Web’s best science writing from the past two weeks includes a nice synopsis of the discovery of RNAi by Fire and Mello, which earned them the Nobel Prize in [...]

Progress in Development of Lung Cancer Screening Tools

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Epigenomics AG recently announced that it has identified novel biomarkers that could be used in the development of clinical tests to aid in the early detection of lung cancer. Read more…