Biomarker Commons

Cancer Genetics, Inc. (OTCQB: CGIX) ("CGI" or the "Company"), a leader in oncology-focused personalized medicine, has entered into an agreement with MultiPlan, Inc. (“MultiPlan”), the industry’s most comprehensive provider of healthcare cost management solutions.

Decades of declines in LDL cholesterol blood levels, a key marker of death risk from heart disease, abruptly ended in 2008, and may have stalled since, according to a multi-year, national study published recently in PLOS ONE.

An examination of the latest genetic and physiologic biomarker research and its application in viable therapeutic options for patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) was the focus of a breakthrough poster presentation which debuted at the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) annual conference, IMPACT 2013. The poster and complete study findings were presented by Ian V. Mackey, M.S., P.A.-C, Physician Assistant, Rush University Medical Center.

Critical Diagnostics announced recently that the Journal of Hypertension published a study titled, “Soluble ST2 Predicts Elevated SBP in the Community.” The results showed that a cohort of ostensibly healthy individuals, except for the presence of high levels of the biomarker ST2 in their blood, were almost twice as likely to develop hypertension in the future than those with low ST2 levels.

Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc., a CLIA-certified laboratory specializing in advanced cardiovascular and metabolic disease testing and health management, has launched a new blood test for stratifying prediabetic patients based on the Quantose™ insulin resistance markers discovered by Metabolon, Inc.

Ignyta, Inc. recently announced that it has acquired Actagene Oncology, Inc., effective May 20, 2013. Actagene was a San Diego based privately held biotechnology company founded in February 2013 that was developing personalized medicines for high unmet need cancer indications, based on cancer genome mining and sequencing.