Items Tagged ‘Genomic’
December 23, 2014
Don’t Change Breast Cancer Guidelines on Flawed Research
By Center for Individualized Medicine 
Clinical recommendations discouraging the use of CYP2D6 gene testing to guide tamoxifen therapy in breast cancer patients are based on studies with flawed methodology and should be reconsidered, according to the results of a Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. For years, controversy has surrounded the CYP2D6 […]
Tags: biomarker, biomarkers, cancer, center for individualized medicine, CYP2D6, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genome science, Genome Sequencing
December 18, 2014
Staying One Step Ahead of Cancer
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Four researchers at Mayo Clinic combined their talents to spur a “bedside to bench” movement that takes the issues they face in the clinic back to the laboratory in the hopes of discovering biomarkers to help specific patients facing difficult medical problems. George Vasmatzis, Ph.D., co-director of Mayo Clinic’s Biomarker Discovery Program in […]
Tags: Andrew Feldman, biomarker, biomarkers, center for individualized medicine, Dennis Wigle, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic, Genetics
December 16, 2014
Mayo Clinic CEO on Charlie Rose Show
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Tags: center for individualized medicine, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics, genome, genome science, Genome Sequencing, Genomic, genomic medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, Individualized Medicine Clinic
December 9, 2014
Tracing the Lineage of Lung Cancer Tumors
By Center for Individualized Medicine
A diagnostic test based on chromosomal rearrangements can trace the lineage of lung cancer to determine whether two separate lung cancers in the same patient are independent tumors or a tumor that has spread to another region of the lung, a Mayo Clinic study has found. For patients with multiple tumors, that distinction […]
Tags: biomarkers, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic, Genetics, genome, genome science
December 3, 2014
Diversity in Your Gut Influences Your Health
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Before reaching for that daily antacid, you might consider what it’s doing to the trillions of bugs living in your gut. A new Mayo Clinic study in the open access journal Microbiome shows that people who regularly take proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have less diversity among their gut bacteria, putting them at increased […]
Tags: bacteria, biomarker, biomarkers, center for individualized medicine, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics, genome, genome science, Genome Sequencing
November 25, 2014
Lessons From Disease Advocacy Organizations
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) recently announced that through the sale of the Foundation’s royalty rights to new therapies developed in collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., they received $3.3 billion dollars. This is an unprecedented amount of money to be raised by a disease advocacy organization through this type of transaction and highlights […]
Tags: Bioethics, center for individualized medicine, CFF, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics, Genomic, genomic medicine
November 13, 2014
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Zhiguo Zhang, Ph.D. and colleagues from the Center for Individualized Medicine, offer a new tool for genomic research, through a new method revealing genome-wide association of proteins with leading and lagging strands of DNA replication forks. This will provide a tool for studying the general replication-related processes and a specific mechanism that makes this possible. […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic, Genetics, genome, genome science, Genome Sequencing, Genomic
November 11, 2014
Individualizing Medicince 2014 Conference: Recap
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Quoting “the great poet from Hibbing, Minn.,” genomics pioneer Richard Weinshilboum, M.D., captured the spirit of the third annual Individualizing Medicine Conference 2014: From Promise to Practice when he invoked the legendary Bob Dylan. “‘The times they are a changin’,” Dr. Weinshilboum said. The times are changing indeed. More than 750 physicians, researchers, scientists, medical […]
Tags: Biobank, Bioethics, biomarker, biomarkers, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic
November 10, 2014
What is Individualized Medicine?
By Center for Individualized Medicine
What exactly does it mean when you hear the phrase “individualized medicine?” Dr. Alexander Parker of the Center for Individualized Medicine at Mayo Clinic Florida, sat down with the Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute to explain exactly what individualized medicine means. _______
Tags: Alex Parker, Alexander Parker, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic, Genetics, genome, genome science
November 6, 2014
Genetic Markers for Alcoholism Recovery Discovered at Mayo Clinic
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Post originally featured on Mayo Clinic’s News Network, written by Bob Nellis In an international study, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have identified genetic markers that may help in identifying individuals who could benefit from the alcoholism treatment drug acamprosate. The findings, published in the journal Translational Psychiatry, show that patients carrying these […]
Tags: Alcoholism, Alcoholism Recovery, biomarker, biomarkers, center for individualized medicine, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic, Genetics, genome