June 1, 2017
Mapping your DNA: Mayo patient shares her experience
By Sharon Rosen
Sandy Pobanz knows Mayo Clinic’s campus in Arizona very well. She volunteers with the Mayo Clinic Caring Canines Therapy Dog Program with her English golden retrievers, Benji and Teddy. They provide a special brand of comfort to patients in the Outpatient Radiation Oncology waiting area on Mayo Clinic’s Arizona campus in Scottsdale and Mayo Clinic […]
Tags: #benefactor, #CIMCon17, #disease risk, #DNA sequencing tests, #drug-gene reactions, #pharmacogenomics testing, #Sandy Pobanz, #Warfarin, center for individualized medicine, DNA, Genetic Counseling, Genetic Counselor
August 24, 2016
Conference Opportunities in Genomics, Informatics and Precision Medicine, Oct. 3-7, 2016
By Sharon Rosen
Registration is now available for multiple education opportunities October 3-7, 2016, in Rochester, Minn. Join us for a week of genomic and precision medicine updates, as well as clinically relevant presentations you won’t want to miss. Oct. 3-4, 2016 First, attend BaseSpace Suite Summit, hosted by Illumina to learn about an integrated approach to informatics. […]
Tags: #BaseSpace Suite Summit, #CIMCon16, #Genetic diseases, #Genomic data, #Individualizing Medicine 2016: Advancing Care Through Genomics, #Informatics, #Schwannamatosis, #Upper Midwest Clinical Genetics and Minnesota Neurofibromatosis Symposium, Bioinformatics, center for individualized medicine, Dr. Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, genomics
June 7, 2016
Understanding Your Genome, Personalizing Your Medicine
By Jeff Briggs
Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and Illumina Team Up to Bring Understand Your Genome to Public There is nothing more unique to an individual than his or her genome. Not a person’s fingerprints, not a retina scan. Even though we share over 99 percent of our DNA with other humans, it’s that small percentage […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genome, Illumina, Precision Medicine, Understand Your Genome, UYG
August 18, 2015
By Jeff Briggs
The Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine will educate consumers on their genetic data The Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine is collaborating with Helix, a new company based in San Francisco, to develop applications initially focused on educating consumers about their genetic data and health-related information. Helix aims to empower consumers to discover insights […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Keith Stewart, genetic education, Genetics, Helix, Illumina, individualized medicine, personalized medicine, Precision Medicine, Sutter Hill Venture, Warburg Pincus