Novartis maps genome of type-2 diabetes patients
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Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG said it has mapped the genome of a large group of type-2 diabetes patients, enabling scientists to better search for the genes causing the disease.
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Experts to map the genomes of 1,000 people worldwide in a bid to understand how genes influence disease.
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Â· Sequencing may help tackle obesity and cancerÂ· Patients could have tests before having children
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The Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Novartis, on Tuesday announced an 18 percent increase in second quarter net profit to 2.02 billion dollars (1.46 billion euros) and reiterated its forecast of record profits this year.
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Swiss drug giant Novartis SA said yesterday it is spending $4 million to fund scientists performing diabetes research at Harvard University, the Massachusetts
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Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge will today unveil a two-year drug discovery collaboration with the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, the Cambridge-based research arm of the Swiss drug giant.
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Genentech and Biogen Idec's drug shows positive results against multiple sclerosis.
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Researchers said on Sunday they had homed in on five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have developed two genomic tests to help doctors better predict how breast cancer patients will respond to hormonal therapy or chemotherapy.
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Giving cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to people with type 2 diabetes prevents heart attack and stroke and saves lives, even if they don&#39;t have high cholesterol, a new study finds.
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US scientists believe they have made a discovery which could mean a cure for more diabetic patients in the future. Some patients have already been cured by islet cell transplants, but a major obstacle is a
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(WebMD) People with type 2 diabetes who require insulin injections to control their disease may be at increased risk for colorectal cancer, according to findings from a newly published study.
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MONDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- One of a new class of diabetes drugs delayed the progression of type 2 diabetes along with the need to add additional medications.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 26 : A study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre has found that the action of a gene in the body is associated with type 2 diabetes.
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A drug to lower blood sugar could also help prevent type 2 diabetes.
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Scientists have mapped the genome of a worm that causes elephantiasis in what they called on Thursday an important step toward developing new drugs or vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disfiguring disease.
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NEW YORK  - For people with type 2 diabetes and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce long-term improvements in the functioning of the insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better glucose control, researchers report.