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Invisible to the naked eye: Space omics and the need for sample collection guidelines

The Stitch

The post Invisible to the naked eye: Space omics and the need for sample collection guidelines appeared first on Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network. The GENESTAR manual establishes guidelines for collecting omics data in a spaceflight context, outlining TRISH’s Space Omics program.

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Researchers identified new indicators for HER2+ breast cancer response to therapy

The Stitch

Being able to predict the response of cancer to treatment by analyzing a tumor sample before therapy is given would significantly affect clinical outcomes The post Researchers identified new indicators for HER2+ breast cancer response to therapy appeared first on Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network.

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To Save Lives, and Energy, Wellcome Sanger Institute Speeds Cancer Research With NVIDIA Accelerated Computing

NVIDIA: Healthcare

“The Sanger Institute handles hundreds of thousands of somatic samples annually,” said Jingwei Wang, principal software developer for CASM at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Reducing Runtime and Energy Consumption The Sanger Institute develops high-throughput models of cancer samples for genome-wide functional screens and drug testing.

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What makes a neurosurgeon?

Neurosurgery

The shopkeeper is very generous and gives you the opportunity to sample every flavor. However, at the end of this sampling, you can only leave the store with one flavor. Reactions to this metaphor vary — it may seem exciting to try the samples. It may seem fraught to make such a lasting decision based on a small sample size.

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Q&A with Natascia Marino, PhD

IU School of Medicine

The study used blood samples from the Komen Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center , the only known biorepository that collects, stores and provides samples for research internationally of healthy breast tissue taken from volunteer female donors. Q: Can you tell us more about the samples from the Komen Tissue Bank that were used?

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Study opens new opportunities to develop cancer treatments

The Stitch

The team integrated proteogenomic datasets of more than 1,000 tissue samples spanning 10 cancer types to illuminate protein targets for cancer therapy. The post Study opens new opportunities to develop cancer treatments appeared first on Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network.

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Climate Week Forecast: Outlook Improving With AI, Accelerated Computing

NVIDIA: Healthcare

Its cancer program sequences and analyzes tens of thousands of cancer samples. The Sanger Institute handles hundreds of thousands of samples annually,” said Jingwei Wang, a principal software developer at Wellcome Sanger in a profile describing its work. That amounts to potential savings of $1 million and 1,000 megawatt-hours a year.

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