Tailored anti-platelet therapy, made possible through a novel point-of-care genetic test, optimizes treatment for patients who carry a common genetic variant, researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) have found. A UOHI clinical trial known as RAPID GENE studied 200 patients...
Michigan State University veterinarians are taking part in a two-year, $5.3 million project to analyze five cancers in dogs, research that could offer new insight into canine cancer genes and their potential impact on the human form of the disease. The Canine Hereditary Cancer Consortium - an...
Sometimes, a simple bedside exam performed by a skilled physician is superior to a high-tech CT scan, a Loyola University Health System study has found. Researchers found that physicians' bedside exams did a better job than CT scans in predicting which patients would need to return to the...