Items Tagged ‘center for individualized medicine’
March 17, 2022
Mayo Clinic study reports genomic data disparities among racial groups
Mayo Clinic researchers studied the differences in genomic data quality among racial groups in one of the largest and most widely used cancer research datasets, The Cancer Genome Atlas. “We found lower quality genomic sequencing data in self-reported Black patients and patients of African ancestry,” says Yan Asmann., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic bioinformatician and senior […]
Tags: Cancer Research, center for individualized medicine, DNA Testing, mayo clinic
March 16, 2022
Mayo Clinic researchers use AI to predict antidepressant outcomes in youth
Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder, in a study published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, mayo clinic, medical research, personalized medicine
March 11, 2022
By Susan Murphy 
A growing number of people are dying from antibiotic-resistant infections. These infections are fueled by microbial species that are mutating to evade the drugs developed to destroy them. More than 1.2 million people worldwide died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant infections. In response, a team of researchers from Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine has developed […]
Tags: antibiotic-resistant, bacteria, center for individualized medicine, Genetics, genomics, infectious disease, personalized medicine
February 28, 2022
Young girl with rare disease gets life-changing diagnosis and targeted therapy at Mayo Clinic
By Susan Murphy
Araeya Sell, 13, has spent much of her childhood visiting her health care team and in the hospital. She has endured countless blood draws, scans, procedures and a surgery ― all in the search for answers to her complex symptoms. After an exhaustive, nearly seven-year diagnostic odyssey, the Sells turned to Mayo Clinic.
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Dr. Pinto e Vairo, Genetics, genomics
February 24, 2022
Curiosity paves path to precision medicine research
By Susan Murphy
By Mayo Clinic Alumni Magazine When John Giudicessi, M.D., Ph.D., was growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, he fueled his incessant curiosity by taking apart unused items in the family’s basement. He caught frogs and turtles in a backyard creek. He loved figuring out how things worked. His parents encouraged him to ask questions. Dr. Giudicessi […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, DNA Testing, Genetics, genomic medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, medical research
February 16, 2022
Mass spectrometry-based assay detects viral antigens directly from clinical specimens
By Susan Murphy
By Mayo Clinic Laboratories In a newly published study, a team from Mayo Clinic’s Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory has developed a mass spectrometry-based assay that’s able to detect COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pathogens from human proteins with, remarkably, 98% sensitivity and 100% specificity. This is the first assay of its kind that can detect viral antigens “directly from clinical specimens” such […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, covid-19, Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, Mayo Clinic Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory
February 9, 2022
Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases
By Susan Murphy
A team of genomics experts within Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine has developed an automated system for tracking new scientific knowledge from around the world of pathogenic genetic variants and applying it to Mayo Clinic patients with rare and undiagnosed diseases.
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Alejandro Ferrer, Dr. Eric Klee
January 20, 2022
NIH announces awards for precision nutrition study
The Nutrition for Precision Health study leverages NIH’s All of Us Research Program’s large, diverse data platform. The National Institutes of Health is awarding $170 million over five years, pending the availability of funds, to clinics and centers across the country, including Mayo Clinic, for a new study that will develop algorithms to predict individual […]
Tags: All of Us Research Program, Biobank, center for individualized medicine, mayo clinic, National Institutes of Health, Nutrition for Precision Health
January 18, 2022
Mayo’s COVID-19 Sequencing Command Center offers insights into ‘power of the virus’
By Susan Murphy
Tracing the genetic evolution of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is crucial for detecting and responding to emerging variants. A team of scientists within Mayo Clinic’s COVID-19 Sequencing Command Center is at the forefront of the extensive research and surveillance operation, conducting nearly 750 sequences of the COVID-19 virus each week.
Tags: center for individualized medicine, covid-19, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Dr. Purna Kashyap, Genetic Sequencing, sequencing
January 13, 2022
Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants for 2022
The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics have announced their 2022 research awardees. This marks the partnership’s 18th year of spearheading new scientific ideas from Minnesota to improve the health of, and health care for, Minnesotans.
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomics, mayo clinic, medical research, personalized medicine