August 2, 2017
Expanding the search: genetic testing reveals new targets, treatment options for cancer patients
By Sharon Rosen
Researchers in Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine are using new genetic tests developed at Mayo Clinic to find more effective therapies for cancer patients who have not benefited from standard treatment and are running out of options. The new tests look at a broader range of genetic characteristics than many standard tests. As a […]
Tags: #3-d models, #boimarker, #CIMCon17, #DNA analysis, #Dr. Aaron Mansfield, #Dr. George Vasmatizis, #genetic variations, #liquid biopsies, center for individualized medicine, Genetic Testing, genomics, Lung Cancer
July 21, 2016
Liquid Biopsies Offer Hope for Earlier Treatment, Better Tracking of Ovarian Cancer
By Sharon Rosen
Ovarian cancer has long been one of the trickiest forms of cancer to diagnose and treat. It often goes unnoticed until the late stages. For most women, the cancer goes into remission after the first round of treatment but then returns with a vengeance. Three-quarters of the time, ovarian cancer comes back with a tumor […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, diagnostic, Dr. George Vasmatzis, early detection for ovarian cancer, Liquid biopsy, mate-pair sequencing, mayo clinic, medical research, ovarian cancer, whole genome sequencing
August 1, 2013
By Center for Individualized Medicine
In a recently published article in Hemotology, Center for Individualized Medicine faculty George Vasmatzis, Ph.D., co-authored a study in high resolution mate-pair sequencing. With the use of high resolution mate-pair sequencing (HRMPS) in 15 patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF): eight with normal karyotype and seven with PMF-characteristic cytogenetic abnormalities, including der(6)t(1;6)(q21–23;p21.3) (n = 4), der(7)t(1;7)(q10;p10) (n = 2), […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genetic, genome, George Vasmatzis, individualized medicine, mate-pair, mate-pair sequencing, myelofibrosis, personalized medicine, whole genome sequencing