Items Tagged ‘center for individualized medicine’
June 8, 2023
Pharmacists play key role in clinical research
By Gerri Kelly 
When people think of a pharmacist, they usually think of someone dispensing medication. Pharmacists do fill prescriptions, but there’s another type of pharmacist who plays a vital role in clinical research. The research pharmacist is skilled in making the clinical trial part of drug development possible. Indeed, research pharmacists are part of multidisciplinary teams that […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomic medicine, personalized medicine
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
May 31, 2023
New podcast: ‘Organoids – A Powerful Tool for Individualized Medicine’
May 31, Episode 8: ‘Organoids: A Powerful Tool for Individualized Medicine Research’ Organoids are like mini-organs that give researchers new insights into human development and disease, and could revolutionize fields like drug discovery. Researchers can develop a wide variety of organoids from the liver to the brain. Hear about the potential and limitations of using […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, mayo clinic, organoids
May 22, 2023
Mayo Clinic researchers link environmental exposures to liver disease
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a diverse range of environmental chemicals in human bile in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare, chronic liver disease of the bile ducts. The study, published in Exposome, represents a new frontier of research at Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine that explores the exposome, the measure of environmental […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomics, mayo clinic
May 17, 2023
New podcast: ‘3D Tissue Models in Health Care’
May 17, Episode 7: ‘3D Tissue Models in Health Care’ Find out how 3D printing techniques play a key role in developing tissues that could be implanted into humans. In this episode, Cathy Wurzer, a broadcast journalist from Minnesota Public Radio, talks with two noted experts in the field of 3D printing in medicine. They […]
Tags: 3D printing, center for individualized medicine, mayo clinic
May 11, 2023
Collaborative study discovers new disease behind patient’s blood clots
In 2018, a male patient in his 60s began experiencing chest pains, which turned out to be caused by multiple blood clots in his lungs. As he visited several institutions in and around his home state of Michigan, doctors conducted the typical testing panels to look for a condition called thrombophilia that causes blood clots […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomics, personalized medicine
May 3, 2023
New podcast: ‘Individualized Cancer Vaccines’
May 3, Episode 6: ‘Individualized Cancer Vaccines’ Some vaccines prevent cancer, while other vaccines treat cancer. In this episode, Cathy Wurzer, a broadcast journalist from Minnesota Public Radio, talks with two noted experts in immunology. Listen as they discuss the differences between the two vaccines, the excitement and challenges in the precision oncology world on […]
Tags: cancer vaccines, center for individualized medicine, clinical trials, immunotherapy, mayo clinic
May 2, 2023
The Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine welcomes Josh Denny, M.D., CEO of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, as a guest speaker on May 2. Dr. Denny will present on the All of Us Research Program, a historic effort to collect data from at least one million participants who reflect […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genomics, mayo clinic
May 1, 2023
Researchers test DNA editing, recommend steps to improve accuracy
By studying the effects of DNA variants between people, researchers can gain insights into the genetics of diseases. It allows them to tailor medical treatment to a person’s genetic makeup. Modeling variants in an experimental setup is a common way for researchers to gain this knowledge. The CRISPR-Cas9 system, a broadly used gene editing tool, […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, gene sequencing, genomics, mayo clinic
April 25, 2023
Mayo Clinic scientist hopes to fuel new era of discoveries with rapid genome sequencing
By Susan Murphy
National DNA Day on April 25 marks the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953 and the Human Genome Project’s completion in 2003. The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago propelled a revolutionary shift toward individualized medicine. Today, new genome sequencing technologies could help Mayo Clinic scientists fuel a new whirlwind of […]
Tags: Biomedical research, center for individualized medicine, Genome Sequencing, personalized medicine