June 1, 2017
Mapping your DNA: Mayo patient shares her experience
By Sharon Rosen
Sandy Pobanz knows Mayo Clinic’s campus in Arizona very well. She volunteers with the Mayo Clinic Caring Canines Therapy Dog Program with her English golden retrievers, Benji and Teddy. They provide a special brand of comfort to patients in the Outpatient Radiation Oncology waiting area on Mayo Clinic’s Arizona campus in Scottsdale and Mayo Clinic […]
Tags: #benefactor, #CIMCon17, #disease risk, #DNA sequencing tests, #drug-gene reactions, #pharmacogenomics testing, #Sandy Pobanz, #Warfarin, center for individualized medicine, DNA, Genetic Counseling, Genetic Counselor
June 7, 2016
Understanding Your Genome, Personalizing Your Medicine
By Jeff Briggs
Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine and Illumina Team Up to Bring Understand Your Genome to Public There is nothing more unique to an individual than his or her genome. Not a person’s fingerprints, not a retina scan. Even though we share over 99 percent of our DNA with other humans, it’s that small percentage […]
Tags: center for individualized medicine, genome, Illumina, Precision Medicine, Understand Your Genome, UYG