the glocalized network in theragenomic and personalized medicine and the genetics of individual patients safety of drugs
November 17, 2016 – There is good news for seriously pain ridden patients worldwide. Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the “placebo effect” in pain relief, when a fake treatment actually results …
Pain: Placebo’s sweet hot spot in the brain identified Read more »
September 30, 2016 – This is very good news for patients suffering from any form of a rare disease. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have engaged in a joint effort to boost development of …
Rare diseases: EU and US collaborate to boost development of therapies Read more »
September 09. 2016 – The pre-clinical animal model and Phase 1b placebo-controlled study in prodromal and mild Alzheimer Disease (AD) patients (n=165), both demonstrate that aducanumab reduced amyloid-beta in the brain and the reduction was dose-dependent. Amyloid-beta plaque is associated …
The antibody aducanumab reduces Aβ plaques in Alzheimer’s disease Read more »
September 06, 2016 – Apple has updated it’s App Store guidelines on health and medical Apps. Developers of health and medical apps will now have strict rules to abide by with Apple’s new App Store Guidelines that establish a high bar for any …
Apple App Store guidelines tightened for health and medical apps Read more »
September 06, 2016 – Genetic mutations associated with acquired resistance to PD-1 blockade in melanoma have been suspected to be involved in the clinical observation that while approximately 75% of objective responses to anti–programmed death 1 (PD-1) therapy in patients with …
Mutations Associated with Acquired Resistance to PD-1 Blockade in Melanoma Read more »
September 03, 2016 – This morning, I stumbled upon the headline of a posting on mobihealthnews, entitled “Study finds iPads and games as effective as sedatives to calm pre-op anxiety in children” and starting out with saying “The hypnotic trance …
[avatar user=”thassodotcom” size=”thumbnail” align=”left” /] August 19, 2016 – We at thasso believe that on a worldwide scale, both, most modern principles of theragenomic and personalized medicine and traditional medicines approaches, have a place when it comes to effective and successful …
Ayurveda: Knowledge of Pharmacogenomics in Indian Traditional Medicine Read more »
July 9, 2016 – This is a huge step into the future of theragenomic and personalized medicine and individualized drug safety. In support of the President’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI), the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA) just issued two …
Precision Medicine Initiative: draft guidances issued Read more »
[avatar user=”thassodotcom” size=”thumbnail” align=”left” /] March 11, 2016 – Medscape Multispeciality just published a CDC Expert Commentary by John W. Ward, MD, Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, which addresses the double sided sword of …
February 04, 2016 – Genetic variations on a stretch of chromosome may predict responsiveness among patients with bipolar disorder to the mood stabilizing drug lithium (multiple brands), a genome-wide analysis by an international consortium shows. Lithium is a first-line treatment for …
Genetic Variants Predict Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorder Read more »