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Drs. Wei Wei and Jim Heath

Posted: March 20, 2025

Cancer Press Release Heath Lab
Melanoma Starts Evading Treatment Within Hours – Here’s How to Stop It

Melanoma Starts Evading Treatment Within Hours – Here’s How to Stop It

ISB researchers have uncovered a stealth survival strategy that melanoma cells use to evade targeted therapy, offering a promising new approach to improving treatment outcomes.

Melanoma Starts Evading Treatment Within Hours – Here’s How to Stop It
Melanoma Starts Evading Treatment Within Hours – Here’s How to Stop It

Posted: February 18, 2025

Health Press Release Gibbons Lab
Scientists Decode Diet From Stool DNA – No Questions Asked

Scientists Decode Diet From Stool DNA – No Questions Asked

ISB’s Gibbons Lab developed a breakthrough method that analyzes food-derived DNA in fecal metagenomes, allowing for data-driven diet tracking without the need for burdensome questionnaires.

Scientists Decode Diet From Stool DNA – No Questions Asked
Scientists Decode Diet From Stool DNA – No Questions Asked

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screenshot of video for Predicting ‘Long COVID’ At Initial Point of COVID-19 Diagnosis

Posted: January 25, 2022

Infectious Disease Press Release Hadlock Lab
Predicting ‘Long COVID’ At Initial Point of COVID-19 Diagnosis

Predicting ‘Long COVID’ At Initial Point of COVID-19 Diagnosis

Researchers have identified several factors that can be measured at the initial point of COVID-19 diagnosis that anticipate if a patient is likely to develop long COVID. They also found that mild cases of COVID-19, not just severe cases, are associated with long COVID. Their findings were published by the journal Cell.

Predicting ‘Long COVID’ At Initial Point of COVID-19 Diagnosis
Predicting ‘Long COVID’ At Initial Point of COVID-19 Diagnosis
screenshot of video for Dr. Andrew Magis: Identifying Markers for Cancer Years Before Diagnosis

Posted: September 29, 2021

Cancer Events Health Data Science Lab
Dr. Andrew Magis: Identifying Markers for Cancer Years Before Diagnosis

Dr. Andrew Magis: Identifying Markers for Cancer Years Before Diagnosis

By taking detailed measurements of blood and other biological samples, ISB scientists have shown they can identify markers for cancer years before diagnosis. This was the topic of a recent Research Roundtable presentation delivered by Dr. Andrew Magis, Director of Data Science in ISB’s Health Data Science Lab.

Dr. Andrew Magis: Identifying Markers for Cancer Years Before Diagnosis
Dr. Andrew Magis: Identifying Markers for Cancer Years Before Diagnosis
Jennifer Hadlock, Andrew Magis and Chengzhen Dai

Posted: March 18, 2021

Health Infectious Disease Hadlock Lab
COVID-19 Outcome Disparities Across Racial/Ethnic Lines

COVID-19 Outcome Disparities Across Racial/Ethnic Lines

ISB researchers and their collaborators looked at the electronic health records of nearly 630,000 patients who were tested for SARS-CoV-2, and found stark disparities in COVID-19 outcomes — odds of infection, hospitalization, and in-hospital mortality — between White and non-White minority racial and ethnic groups.

COVID-19 Outcome Disparities Across Racial/Ethnic Lines
COVID-19 Outcome Disparities Across Racial/Ethnic Lines
Overall composition of gut microbiome in participants

Posted: October 15, 2020

Health Gibbons Lab Health Data Science Lab
Variations in the Microbiome Associated with Health, Disease

Variations in the Microbiome Associated with Health, Disease

ISB researchers examined the associations between the gut microbiomes of about 3,400 people and roughly 150 host characteristics. The team looked at diet, medication use, clinical blood markers, and other lifestyle and clinical factors, and found evidence that variations of the gut microbiome are associated with health and disease.

Variations in the Microbiome Associated with Health, Disease
Variations in the Microbiome Associated with Health, Disease
Dr. Andrew Magis

Posted: October 1, 2020

Cancer Health Health Data Science Lab
ISB Researchers Identify Signals of Metastatic Cancer Years Prior to Diagnosis

ISB Researchers Identify Signals of Metastatic Cancer Years Prior to Diagnosis

By analyzing blood plasma samples taken at several time points, ISB researchers have identified specific proteins that persistently presented as outliers and signaled metastatic cancer well before patients were diagnosed. The findings were published in the journal Scientific Reports.

ISB Researchers Identify Signals of Metastatic Cancer Years Prior to Diagnosis
ISB Researchers Identify Signals of Metastatic Cancer Years Prior to Diagnosis
View of the responsive recruitment website and electronic consent platform as seen on mobile phone and desktop devices.

Posted: July 9, 2020

Infectious Disease Press Release Health Data Science Lab
ISB Builds Digital Platform for COVID-19 Research Study – and Beyond

ISB Builds Digital Platform for COVID-19 Research Study – and Beyond

In a multi-institutional study of a highly infectious disease like COVID-19, paperless consent for study participants is critical. One component of the COVID-19 Immune Response Study is a recruitment website with an IRB-approved and HIPAA-compliant electronic consent platform for enrolling patients.

ISB Builds Digital Platform for COVID-19 Research Study – and Beyond
ISB Builds Digital Platform for COVID-19 Research Study – and Beyond
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