February 25, 2016
Giving Voice to Those with Rare Diseases
By Jeff Briggs
Join us in supporting Rare Disease Day on February 29 The news can hit like a tsunami, bringing devastation and grief when parents realize all the hopes and dreams they have for a child have been replaced by the words, “rare disease.” The news can also bring relief, the end of a diagnostic odyssey that […]
Tags: Angelman syndrome, center for individualized medicine, Dustin Bennett, genomic medicine, individualized medicine, mayo clinic, personalized medicine, Precision Medicine, rare disease, Rare Disease Day, Stacy Carlson
January 5, 2016
Watching Over Patients With Angelman Syndrome
By Jeff Briggs
The diagnostic odyssey of a patient with a rare disease has been described as making a journey through a maze, a journey of wrong turns, dead ends and false starts. Sometimes even a diagnosis provides no clear direction. As in the case of Stephanie Hays, whose son, Bo, was diagnosed by geneticists at Mayo Clinic […]
Tags: Angelman syndrome, Angelman Syndrome Foundation, CGC, diagnostic odyssey, Dr. Ralitza Gavrilova, Genetic Testing, mayo clinic, rare disease, Sarah Mets
November 16, 2015
Diagnosing Rare Diseases Through Individualized Medicine
By Jeff Briggs
Many of the patients referred to Mayo Clinic’s Individualized Medicine Clinic have been on a diagnostic odyssey that can make navigating a maze seem simple. They have experienced a protracted and arduous journey of questions, uncertainties, and fear to find answers about rare medical conditions they suffer from. For some people this frustrating and scary […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, diagnostic odyssey, Dr. Andrew Engel, Dustin Bennett, individualized medicine, Individualized Medicine Clinic, Precision Medicine, rare disease, Stacy Carlson, whole genome sequencing
February 28, 2014
Join Together for Better Care on Rare Disease Day Today
Throughout the world today, patients with rare disease, organizations, and their partners, will join together to promote awareness for rare diseases and the millions of people affected by them. Rare Disease Day was launched by EURORDIS and its Council of National Alliances in 2008. Held on the last day of February each year, it seeks […]
Tags: Bioinformatics, center for individualized medicine, Clinicial Trials, dna test, DNA Testing, gene sequencing, genome science, genomic medicine, genomics, individualized medicine, microbiome, Parmacogenomics
October 3, 2013
By AJ Montpetit
“Individualized Medicine is no longer the stuff of science fiction.” —Richard Weinshilboum, M.D., Pharmacogenomic Program director and conference co-director This quote from pioneering , Richard Weinshilboum, M.D., set the tone for Individualizing Medicine 2013: From Promise to Practice. With more than 750 physicians, researchers, scientists, medical staff, genetic counselors and others gathering in Rochester to exchange ideas, it’s […]
Tags: Bioethics, breast cancer, c. difficile, cancer, center for individualized medicine, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, DNA, exome, fecal transplant, gene sequencing, genetic
September 30, 2013
Individualized Medicine Clinic Celebrates One Year Anniversary
By AJ Montpetit
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine opening the proverbial doors to begin seeing patients in the Individualized Medicine Clinic (IM Clinic). The opening of the IM Clinic was a collaborative effort across multiple departments across the three campuses of Mayo Clinic. The two Service Lines, Advanced Cancer Patients […]
Tags: Advanced Cancer, cancer, center for individualized medicine, DNA, exome, genome, genomics, IM Clinic, individualized medicine, Individualized Medicine Clinic, rare disease, undiagnosed disease
April 24, 2013
New York Hospitals Searching Genomes, Mayo has Clinic in Operation
By Center for Individualized Medicine
Check out this blog entry from Advancing the Science Readers of the New York Times yesterday saw a nice overview story of how the leading research hospitals in the metro area are competing to use genomic and molecular tools to attack cancers of various types. It’s always good to see the Times is keeping track […]
Tags: cancer, DNA, genome, genomics, health care, individualized medicine, personalized medicine, rare disease, undiagnosed disease