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HFpEF vs. HFrEF: How To Improve Heart Failure Drug Development

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Experts from Servier and Genuity Science recently spoke on a webinar about using genomics data to drive drug development in heart failure and identify new targets for novel therapeutics. The reverse could also be true whereby the development of coronary artery disease may impact heart rate. HFrEF vs. HFpEF.

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How Pharmacogenomics may finally realise its promise

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First, members who opt-in to the program receive a saliva collection kit, which is analysed using newly developed pharmacogenomics technologies. With this promise beginning to be realised, it’s on drug makers to use genomic testing to steer their development process.

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New HCV Test Enables Diagnosis and Treatment in a Single Visit

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” The Xpert HCV test’s development was validated through the Independent Test Assessment Program (ITAP), part of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tech program. Without treatment, over half become chronically infected, with 10 to 20 percent developing cirrhosis over 20 to 30 years.

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LabCorp Backs Resolution Bioscience’s Liquid Biopsy Test for NSCLC

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The leading global life science company is set to introduce Resolution Bio’s ctDx Lung assay , a non-invasive liquid biopsy test for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The test was developed by Resolution Bioscience and the company will run test analyses in its labs.

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International HPV Awareness Day 2024: Spotlight on Vaccination and Early Detection

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This day acts as an opportune moment for professionals in healthcare, life sciences and related fields to highlight the importance of HPV prevention and vaccination as well as the recent advancements in screening and treatment.

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New Study Suggests Pregnant Women Should Avoid Caffeine Altogether. Here’s Why

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Grantz, of the Division of Intramural Population Health Research at NIH’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The results did not differ based on fast or slow caffeine metabolism genotype. Related: Maternal Antibodies: How Allergies Can be Passed from Mothers to Children.

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Why Proviral DNA Drug Resistance Testing is Useful in Guiding Treatment Decisions for HIV-1 Patients

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While ARV-based treatments work well to keep the virus suppressed and patients healthy — some for many years — resistance to one or more drugs in a treatment regimen can develop in some patients. HIV drug resistance occurs when virions develop mutations that make them less susceptible to given drugs. Proviral DNA Genotyping.

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