Items Tagged ‘personal genomics’
October 2, 2014
You & Your Genome: How Your DNA Will Improve Your Health Care
By Center for Individualized Medicine 
At this year’s Individualizing Medicine Conference we are excited to announce our Moderator for our Twitter Chat “You and Your Genome: How Your DNA Will Improve Your Health Care,” Mary Brophy Marcus, a regular contributing journalist to U.S. News, USA Today, and more. Our Twitter Chat will be held on Tuesday, October 7th, at 12pm […]
Tags: Biobank, Bioethics, biomarker, biomarkers, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic
September 25, 2014
Clifford Hudis, M.D., to Give Keynote Address at Individualizing Medicine Conference 2014
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Mayo Clinic announced today that Clifford Hudis, M.D., immediate past president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), will deliver the keynote address at Individualizing Medicine 2014: From Promise to Practice. Individualizing Medicine 2014 is scheduled for Oct. 6–8, with optional workshops and sessions before and after the conference. Presentations will cover a wide […]
Tags: American Society of Clinical Oncology, ASCO, cancer, center for individualized medicine, Clifford Hudis, Conference, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic
September 18, 2014
By Center for Individualized Medicine
In a recently published journal article, from researchers at the Center for Individualized Medicine, it was found that the ingestion of a high-fat diet (HFD) and the resulting obese state can exert a multitude of stressors on an individual including anxiety and cognitive dysfunction. Though many studies have shown that exercise can alleviate the […]
Tags: Biobank, Bioethics, biomarker, biomarkers, center for individualized medicine, Diet, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, exercise, exercise and diet
September 4, 2014
Regaining Perspective on Health, Wealth and Worry
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Article Originally Featured on Huffington Post (Re-Blogged With Author’s Permission) My husband Joe and I recently celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary with an adventure traversing to historic and national sites in five states. The chartered bus trip began in Denver venturing through Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and South Dakota. I never saw the bottom of […]
Tags: Are You Dense, Biobank, Bioethics, biomarker, biomarkers, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics
August 28, 2014
Microbiome Medicine is Sometimes a Hard Pill to Swallow
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Article Originally Featured on NationalGeographic.com Written by: Carl Zimmer I can still remember the shock I felt when I heard about fecal microbiota transplants for the first time. It is not the sort of thing you forget. At a microbiology conference, a scientist was giving a lecture about the microbiome–the microbes that live harmlessly inside of us. […]
Tags: cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, fecal transplant, gene sequencing, Genetics, genome, genome science, Genome Sequencing
August 26, 2014
Breast Density & Mammography Reporting Act Introduced to Senate & House
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Kelly Ayotte have introduced a bill to improve breast cancer detection following a companion bill introduced in the House by Representatives Rosa DeLauro and Steve Israel. Dr. Nancy Cappello, Founder and Director of Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc. and the inspiration behind the first density reporting law in the country reports, “Through […]
Tags: Breast, breast cancer, breast density, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics, genome science
August 21, 2014
Biomarkers Assist Individualized Cancer Treatment
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Blog post originally featured on the Living with Cancer blog. Patients diagnosed with cancer at Mayo Clinic now have a new program that can help their care team make informed decisions about their treatment. The Mayo Clinic Biomarker Discovery Program includes a team of specialists that analyzes each patient’s tumor for specific biomarkers […]
Tags: cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics, genome, genome science, Genome Sequencing, genomic medicine
August 19, 2014
New Open Source Genomics Sequencing API Released
By Center for Individualized Medicine
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) Genomics has releases a new open source Genomics API, v0.5 API, and will allow the interoperable exchange of genomic information across multiple organizations and on multiple platforms. This is a freely available open standard software for interoperability, that uses common web protocols to support serving and sharing of data on […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, Genetics, genome, genome science, Genome Sequencing, genomic medicine, genomics
August 12, 2014
Bringing Genomics From the Lab to the Patient
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Speaking at the Individualizing Medicine Conference last year, Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., Medical Director of the Center for Individualized Medicine at Mayo Clinic, gave an overview of the work being done in genomics at Mayo Clinic, and the future of health care through the Individualized Medicine Clinic. The Individualized Medicine Clinic (IM Clinic) offers genomic […]
Tags: Biobank, Bioethics, biomarker, biomarkers, breast cancer, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, exome
August 8, 2014
Implementing Individualized Medicine Into The Medical Practice
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Since the human genome was discovered, there has been a push to include genomics in the clinical setting through individualized medicine. This would allow consultants to be more informed about a patient’s needs and potential treatments. It has proven to be difficult, as technology continues to advance. It is also challenging to standardize care […]
Tags: Biobank, Bioethics, biomarker, biomarkers, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, DNA Sequencing, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genetic