Items Tagged ‘Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis’
April 25, 2022
By Susan Murphy 
National DNA Day on Monday, April 25, marks the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953 and the Human Genome Project’s completion in 2003. For the first time, a team of scientists led by the National Institutes of Health has finished sequencing an entire human genome — all of the roughly 3 billion bases of […]
Tags: Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Genetic Sequencing, Genetic Testing, Genetics, genome, Human Genome Project
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
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
October 18, 2021
By Susan Murphy
When Michelle Ewy, 38, received an opportunity at Mayo Clinic to get her DNA tested for genetic mutations related to breast and ovarian cancers, and other cancers and diseases, she jumped at the chance. “I wasn’t thinking much of what the outcome would be because there has not been a prevalence of breast or ovarian […]
Tags: BRCA2, breast cancer, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Genetic Counseling, Genetic Testing, ovarian cancer, Teresa Kruisselbrink, whole exome sequencing
October 13, 2021
Mayo Clinic collaborates with Personalis Inc. to expand cancer genomic testing
By Susan Murphy
By Joe Dangor Mayo Clinic announced an agreement on Tuesday, Oct. 12 that will allow it to offer clinical-grade comprehensive cancer genomic sequencing to cancer patients who choose to participate. Test results will be available to patients and their treating health care providers to guide therapeutic decisions, advance cancer research, and support the development of […]
Tags: cancer genomics, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Genetic Testing, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
August 31, 2021
By Susan Murphy
Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D., known for his significant contributions in genomic research and medicine in a quest to predict and better diagnose disease, as well as devise individualized treatments, has been named the Carlson and Nelson Endowed Executive Director for Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine. The center is widely recognized as one of the most […]
Tags: cancer genomics, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, genomics, individualized medicine, multi-omics, rare disease
November 30, 2020
Mayo study shows gene sequencing, translational research improves diagnosis rates
Many patients with unsolved medical mysteries often undergo genetic testing, but the tests do not always provide a conclusive diagnosis. The term “diagnostic odyssey” describes the series of clinical consultations and testing that patients with undiagnosed disorders often receive in search of a genetic diagnosis. To help these patients, Mayo Clinic researchers embarked on a […]
Tags: diagnostic odyssey, Dr. Eric Klee, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, gene sequencing, mayo clinic, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, translational omics
August 27, 2019
Meet Margot Cousin, Ph.D.: Genetic detective, researcher, member of the A-team
By Sharon Rosen 
When a young boy arrived at Mayo Clinic after repeatedly experiencing infections that caused a fever and a rapid loss of liver function, clinicians turned to genetic testing to find the cause of the illness. Margot Cousin, Ph.D., a translational genomics researcher in the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine Translational Omics Program was among […]
Tags: #liver cancer, acute liver failure, American Association for the Study oF Liver Disease, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Eric Klee, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Dr. Margot Cousin, Genetic Testing, genomics, Genomics Odyssey Board, individualized medicine, Liver disease
September 4, 2018
Preemptive genetic testing: could it help you take charge of your health?
By Sharon Rosen
A blood pressure check, an immunization and a cholesterol test – these are all parts of your routine medical care. Someday, a genetic test to identify your risk for developing disease may also be added to the list. In fact, researchers believe that day is fast approaching thanks to the rapid advances in genomic medicine. […]
Tags: #CIMCon18, #DNA sequencing tests, #Mayo Clinic Biobank, #pre-emptive genetic testing, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Genetic Testing, mayo clinic, medical research, whole genome sequencing
January 2, 2018
Finding individualized treatments in liver disease and beyond
By Sharon Rosen
In 1999, as a promising young physician-scientist, Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D. was given an opportunity for additional research training as a Mayo Clinic Scholar. With the goal to establish an innovative, research program on liver disease in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology his mentors suggested he make a choice between studying human genomics and hepatitis […]
Tags: #Dr. Eric Lander, #family registry, #Mayo Clinic Clinomics Program, #PBC, #primary biliary cholangitis, #primary scleroscing cholangitis, #PSC, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Konstantinos Lazaridis, Liver disease, mayo clinic