Blood RNA biomarker panel detects both left- and right-sided colorectal neoplasms: a case-control study.

Background: Colonoscopy is widely regarded to be the gold standard for colorectal cancer (CRC) detection. Recent studies, however, suggest that the effectiveness of colonoscopy is mostly confined to tumors on the left side of the colon (descending, sigmoid, rectum), and that the technology has poor tumor detection for right-sided (cecum, ascending, transverse) lesions. A minimally invasive test that can detect both left-sided and right-sided lesions could increase the effectiveness of screening colonoscopy by revealing the potential presence of neoplasms in the right-sided "blind spot".

GeneNews Limited: bringing the blood transcriptome to personalized medicine.

GeneNews Limited (TSX:GEN) is a molecular diagnostics company, uniquely positioned to deliver on the promise of personalized medicine. GeneNews has developed and patented the Sentinel Principle(®), an innovative approach to identify clinically actionable disease biomarkers from the blood transcriptome. Novel biomarker panels have been identified to address unmet clinical needs in a broad spectrum of malignancy, including those for oncology, cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological related disorders.