Items Tagged ‘Genetics’
June 28, 2018
Find yourself on the Trait Tree – see genetics in action
By Sharon Rosen 
Step up to the kiosk and answer four questions about your appearance – what is the shape of your hairline, do you have dimples, do your ears lay flat or not, and can you roll your tongue? Your answers to these Trait Tree questions at the “Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code” exhibit will reveal information about […]
Tags: #CIMCon18, #genetic traits, #Genome exhibit, #Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibit, #inherited traits, #medical education, #Positive Exposure - The Spirit of Difference, #Rochester Art Center, #The Story Within, #Trait Tree, center for individualized medicine, Genetics
April 24, 2018
Discover first-hand how DNA impacts your health — “Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code”
DNA does more than determine your hair color or eye color — it can provide a roadmap that can help you trace your ancestral past. Understanding more about what is in your entire DNA — the genome — can help you take charge of your health. This year marks the 15th anniversary of National DNA […]
Tags: #Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, #Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, center for individualized medicine, DNA, Dr. Timothy Curry, Genetics, genomic medicine, genomics, mayo clinic, National DNA Day, National Human Genome Research Institute
April 16, 2018
15 ways genomics is impacting our lives: Genomic literacy and pharmacogenomics
To apply important genomic research at the point of care, medical providers and patients must first understand it. That fact spotlights the need for “Genomics 101” type of education to help the medical community keep up with newest discoveries. Genomic literacy – explaining scientific findings in understandable terms – is one goal of the ‘15 […]
Tags: 15for15, DNA Day 18, DNA Sequencing, Dr. Richard Weinshilboum, Dr. Timothy Curry, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Genomic literacy, genomics, GLEE initiative, Human Genome Project, individualized medicine
April 3, 2018
Registration opens for Individualizing Medicine 2018 Conference
By Sharon Rosen
Gene editing, artificial intelligence, pharmacogenomics and a new era of genomic testing to identify and hopefully treat inherited cancer are just a few of the emerging areas of precision medicine that have the potential to transform patient care. These are among the hot topics in precision medicine experts from Mayo Clinic and around the world […]
Tags: #Artificial Intelligence, #CIMCon18, #Dr. Eric Green, #Dr. Heidi Rehm, #genomic testing, #Individualizing Medicine Conference: Advancing Care Through Genomics, #personalized diet, #prenatal testing, #rare and undiagnosed diseases, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Timothy Curry, gene editing
March 27, 2018
Putting the precision in precision medicine care for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
By Sharon Rosen
Each year, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the most common type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. While the likelihood of developing the disease increases with age, men and women in all age groups and from many ethnic backgrounds can develop the disease, which can start in many areas of […]
Tags: #blood test, #diffuse large B cell lymphoma, #Dr. Grzegorz Nowakowski, #Dr. Lisa Rimsza, #medical reearch, #Molecular Diagnostic Arizona Laboratory, #non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, genetic test, Genetics
January 23, 2018
A new way of capturing the molecular alterations of cancer
Mayo Clinic researchers have a new way of plotting how cancer has progressed deep within a patient’s genetic blueprint. It’s a new graphing method called the Genome U-plot that reveals genetic changes taking place on a molecular level. The Genome U-plot’s two-dimensional layout and high spacial resolution make it possible to show chromosomal deletions, breaks, […]
Tags: Biomarker Discovery, cancer, Dr. George Vasmatzis, Genetics, genomic medicine, genomics, mayo clinic, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine
August 10, 2017
Genetic tests + coordinated care + research = hope for patients with a genetic neurological disease
Life with an inherited disease sometimes brings unexpected twists and turns. Five-year-old Gus Erickson has navigated the gyrations with the help of Mayo Clinic’s Neurofibromatosis Clinic. Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic disorder that causes tumors to form on nerve tissue. Those tumors can develop anywhere in the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and […]
Tags: #Center for Individualized Mediicine, #rare diseases, Dr. Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, Genetics, genomics, mayo clinic, neurofibromatosis
October 6, 2016
Individualizing Medicine Conference 2016: Day 2 Morning Session Recap
By Sharon Rosen
Sharing research, clinical practice insights and networking continued at the second day of Individualizing Medicine 2016: Advancing Care Through Genomics, a conference sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. The 100,000 Genomes Project Mark Caulfield, FMedSci., opened the morning session with an update about the 100,000 Genomes Project, the United Kingdom’s version of the […]
Tags: #ASD, #CIMCon16, #Mark Caulfield, #PrecisionMedicine, 100 000 Genomes Project, autism, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Stephen Scherer, Genetics, Genomics England, mayo clinic
June 17, 2016
Upper Midwest Clinical Genetics Conference and the Minnesota Neurofibromatosis Symposium
By Jeff Briggs 
The fifth annual Upper Midwest Clinical Genetics Conference and the Minnesota Neurofibromatosis Symposium will be held October 7, 2016, in Rochester, Minnesota. This is an opportunity to build on the understanding of the current research related to the diagnosis and management of genetic diseases, and a chance to network and share clinical research with colleagues. […]
Tags: #CIMCon16, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Louanne Hudgins, Dr. Marshall Summar, Genetics, IM Conference, individualized medicine, Individualized Medicine Conference 2016, Minnesota Neurofibromatosis Symposium, neurofibromatosis, Precision Medicine, Upper Midwest Clinical Genetics Conference
April 8, 2016
Florida Scientist to Receive International Award for Advances in Dementia Research
By Jeff Briggs
Brilliant work is being done in genomic medicine throughout many areas of research at Mayo Clinic. Not all of it originates at the Center for Individualized Medicine. It crosses nearly all the departments and involves many physicians and researchers. From time to time, we try to highlight some of this important work here on the […]
Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, center for individualized medicine, dementia, Dr. Rosa Rademakers, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Potamkin Prize