Share page with colleagues
Archives
Blog Archives
Adaptive Partners with BMS on Cancer Immunotherapy Program
Today, Adaptive announced a partnership with Bristol Myers Squibb for the discovery of immunological biomarkers in cancer. The announcement was even picked up by the Wall Street Journal, whose press release can be read here. BMS is a pioneer and … Continue reading
View similar posts in Announcements, News, Newsworthy, Press Release
Adaptive Clients Publish Latest Results in Nature- Now Available Online
Yesterday, a team of researchers from the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Benaroya Research Institute published results from a study in which they used the immunoSEQ assay to identify the immune cells that suppress genital herpes … Continue reading
View similar posts in Announcements, News
The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network Reports New Findings In Two Deadly Cancers
This week, two papers by the Cancer Genome Atlas Project (TCGA) consortium characterized genomes and epigenomic landscapes of two cancers: endometrial carcinoma (Nature) and adult de-novo acute myeloid leukemia (New England Journal of Medicine). Both studies describe molecular subtypes of … Continue reading
View similar posts in Food for Thought, News
Will Cancer Diagnostics be the First Application of ‘Precision Medicine’?
In the cancer field we have been at ‘war’ for more than 40 years – ever since the signing of the National Cancer Act in 1971 by President Richard Nixon. Yesterday the NY Times published a great article titled ‘Cancer … Continue reading
View similar posts in Food for Thought, News
Supreme Court To Decide on Whether Genes Can Be Patented
This week, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case, Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, that will determine the legal validity of patents on genetic testing for BRCA-1 and BRCA-2. Genotype at these two loci is … Continue reading
View similar posts in Food for Thought, News
British Scientists Develop an Entirely Synthetic Vaccine
Vaccines of the past have relied on live infectious viruses, making them dangerous to work with and unstable. Now, a group of British scientists (hailing from Oxford and Reading Universities, the Pirbright Institute, and the UK’s National synchotron facility, the … Continue reading
View similar posts in Food for Thought, News
Adaptive in Xconomy
Last week, Adaptive was featured in an article titled “Adaptive Biotechnologies Reaches Fork in the Road. What to Charge?” The article details the coming release of clonoSEQ, a new diagnostic test for patients with leukemia & lymphoma, and the dilemma we … Continue reading
View similar posts in Announcements, News
Adaptive gets press in Nature news article on immune therapy
Last week, an article titled “Sizing up a slow assault on cancer” was published in Nature. The story highlights the work of Drs. Jedd Wolchok of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Thomas Gajewski of the University of Chicago, both customers … Continue reading
View similar posts in Announcements, News
Deadly Blood Type Solves 60 Year Old Medical Mystery
Although most people will fall under the blood type categories of A, B, AB or O, there is another blood type known as “Vel”, which has been causing transfusion problems for those with this type for years. Recently, researchers were … Continue reading
View similar posts in Food for Thought, News
Cold Sore Virus May Increase Risk of Memory Problems
Last week, Fox News covered a story on the potential long term side affects of Herpes Simplex, the virus which causes cold sores. It has now come to light that in addition to the short term nuisance they cause to … Continue reading
View similar posts in Food for Thought, News
