September 27, 2016
Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program: An Update from Dr. Kathy Hudson, NIH
By Sharon Rosen
Kathy Hudson, Ph.D., leader of an unprecedented study into how your genetic profile, lifestyle and environment impact health and disease, will share patient opportunities and policy challenges in “The Precision Medicine Initiative: An Update and the Vision” at Individualizing Medicine 2016: Advancing Care Through Genomics, hosted by the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, in Rochester, […]
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June 22, 2016
National Institutes of Health Chooses Mayo Clinic for Biobank, But What Is a Biobank?
By Jeff Briggs
On May 26, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Mayo Clinic $142 million over five years to serve as home for the 1-million-person Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) biobank. Precision Medicine Defined: Precision, or personalized medicine, is a model of care that customizes medical treatment to each individual. To illuminate differences and similarities in health […]
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