Items Tagged ‘NGS’
May 13, 2016
Mayo Clinic Joins the National Microbiome Initiative
By Jeff Briggs 
The microbiome — which includes a community of trillions of bacteria living within our gut — has been called one of the next big frontiers in medicine. In recent years, research has shown that the bacteria in our gut plays a critical role in our overall health. The balance of good and bad bacteria can […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, Dr. Heidi Nelson, Dr. Purna Kashyap, microbiome, Microbiome Clinic, Microbiome Program, National Microbiome Initiative, next generation sequencing, NGS, OSTP, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
April 10, 2014
Lessons Learned from Genomics Clinic for Sequencing-based Cancer Care and Diagnostics
By Center for Individualized Medicine 
Article Originally Featured on Mayo Clinic News Network It has been 1.5 years since Mayo Clinic opened the world’s first integrated multidisciplinary genomics service, the Individualized Medicine Clinic, which uses genomics and next-generation sequencing technologies to personalize treatments for patients with advanced cancer and complex diagnoses. In a special issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C, “Implementation of Genomic Medicine,” developers […]
Tags: cancer, center for individualized medicine, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genome science, genomic medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, Individualized Medicine Clinic, Konstantinos Lazaridis, mayo clinic