April 23, 2019
Editorial: Why DNA sequencing is an effective tool for patient care
By Keith Stewart, M.B., CH.B. For the past 30 years, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with and help many patients. But over that time, I’ve also met people who did not respond to therapy or had significant side effects, while others had marvelous responses. Cases like these show a clear need for personalized medicine. […]
Tags: #rare and undiagnosed diseases, DNA Sequencing, Dr. Keith Stewart, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, pharmacogenomics, undiagnosed disease
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