{"id":2871,"date":"2014-08-25T20:15:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2014-08-26T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:39:28","slug":"rna-research-could-lead-to-tailored-prostate-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/rna-research-could-lead-to-tailored-prostate-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"RNA research could lead to tailored prostate cancer treatment<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-110\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/SMCC-english2.jpg\" alt=\"SMCC-english2\" width=\"255\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New genetic research could help doctors predict which treatments will work best for a given prostate cancer patient. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Researchers sequenced the RNA &#8211; molecules that tell them which genes are being expressed &#8211; from tumours in 25 prostate cancer patients. They then cross-referenced the RNA data detailed follow-up information, including reactions to different therapies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They found lots of variability, but some sequence variations were associated with particular outcomes. If validated, the technique could be used to tailor prostate cancer treatments for maximum effectiveness with individual patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/genomebiology.com\/2014\/15\/8\/426\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in the journal\u00a0<em>Genome Biology<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em>on\u00a0<strong>August 25, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alexander Wyatt, Vancouver Prostate Centre, British Columbia<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Colin Collins, Vancouver Prostate Centre, British Columbia<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New genetic research could help doctors predict which treatments will work best for a given prostate cancer patient. Researchers sequenced the RNA &#8211; molecules that tell them which genes are being expressed &#8211; from tumours in 25 prostate cancer patients. They then cross-referenced the RNA data detailed follow-up information, including reactions to different therapies. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[125,49,1274,909,51,53,476,2150],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paper-of-interest","tag-british-columbia","tag-cancer","tag-dna","tag-genetics","tag-health","tag-medicine","tag-public-health","tag-rna"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4DqbN-Kj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/2883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}