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Published on May 21, 2014
Cancer avatars, much like avatars in video and computer games, may become dynamic characters, not just collections of visual features. If cancer avatars are developed on the basis of genomic profiles, they can reflect the signaling and metabolic complexities of real cancers. What’s more, a cancer avatar, set loose in…
Published on May 15, 2014
While the first traffic light flashed 18 years before the first car was built, the rules of the road have long lagged behind technology where genetic testing is concerned, especially in distinguishing functional gene variants from those that cause disease. That is starting to change as groups of researchers and…
Published on April 11, 2014
In an effort to strengthen its molecular diagnostics offerings, Roche has just nabbed Massachusetts-based firm IQuum, a company that develops point-of-care products for molecular diagnostics. Roche will pay IQuum shareholders $275 million upfront and up to $175 million in product-related milestones. IQuum will be folded into Roche Molecular Diagnostics once…