Multi-omics
August 16, 2023
By Susan Murphy 
When Emery Diffendorfer was a baby, he couldn’t hold his head up or babble like other infants his age. His rare genetic disorder enlarged his tongue and head, and he had weakened muscle tone, brittle bones, sleep apnea, poor eyesight and persistent infections in his tonsils and adenoids. By six months old, the tiny Mayo […]
Tags: Biomedical research
August 1, 2023
2023 Gerstner Awardee’s ‘evolutionary therapy’ targets pancreatic cancer treatment resistance
By Susan Murphy
Ryan Carr, M.D., Ph.D., a medical oncologist in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Oncology, is a recipient of the 2023 Gerstner Family Career Development Award. The competitive awards are presented annually by Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine to researchers conducting innovative investigations to predict, prevent, treat and cure diseases using individualized medicine approaches. Dr. Carr […]
Tags: Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, Pancreatic Cancer
July 3, 2023
Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy
By Susan Murphy
Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body’s mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed […]
Tags: Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Eric Klee, genomics
June 1, 2023
Mayo’s Individualizing Medicine Conference highlights innovative new era of health care
By Susan Murphy
Health care is experiencing a trailblazing phase of innovation, with individualized medicine at the forefront. The driving forces behind the transformation are technological advancements, omics discoveries and the emergence of direct-to-patient clinical trials. “We’re really moving into an exciting new era where we’re increasingly designing therapeutics specific for individual patients, expanding access and truly impacting […]
Tags: Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, Genetics, genomic medicine
April 13, 2023
Targeted immunotherapy helps Florida woman beat Lynch syndrome-driven colon cancer
By Susan Murphy
By Nicole Brudos Ferrara Cancer has always been a part of 44-year-old Katie Cunningham’s life. “We have an extensive family history of colon cancer on my dad’s side. We have a document going back to the 1800s,” says Katie. Katie and her family members have Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition that increases the risk of colon […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, gene sequencing, personalized medicine
March 28, 2023
Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by ‘omics’ research
By Susan Murphy
To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic’s cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive “omics” data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The […]
Tags: Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, Dr. John Presutti, gene sequencing, personalized medicine
March 6, 2023
Unique Mayo team helping to move ‘omics’ science forward to transform patient care
By Susan Murphy
Behind the front lines of Mayo Clinic researchers who are working to cure cancer and other diseases with “omics” data is a specialized team of translational science experts helping to push these intensive experiments across the finish line. One of these translational clinical scientists is Jan Egan, Ph.D., in Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine […]
Tags: Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, Genetics, genomic medicine, medical research
February 27, 2023
Mayo Clinic discovery leads to life-changing treatment for young girl with ultra-rare disease
By Susan Murphy
Months after young Maggie Carmichael started taking an experimental drug for her ultra-rare genetic disease, she was able to trade in her wheelchair for a walker. The 9-year-old Mayo Clinic patient even took a few of her first-ever steps on her own. She also became better at feeding herself, her speech improved and she started coloring in the lines.
Tags: #Dr. Eva Morava-Kozicz, Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, DNA Testing, genomic medicine, personalized medicine
February 6, 2023
Mayo researchers are moving ‘omics’ clinical trials from clinic to people’s homes
By Susan Murphy
An innovative way to conduct genomics research is underway to transition some omics-related studies out of hospitals, labs, and clinics to take them directly to people in their homes and communities. At Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine, clinical trial study staff, including coordinators, physicians and scientists, are working hard to increase trial access for […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomic medicine, genomics, medical research
January 10, 2023
Accelerating microbiome research in endometrial cancer
By Susan Murphy
By Alumni Magazine Marina Walther-Antonio, Ph.D., Departments of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is a pioneer in studying the role of the microbiome in women’s health. Dr. Walther-Antonio is also Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Science and an assistant professor in the Mayo Clinic College […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Marina Walther-Antonio, Endometrial cancer, genomic medicine