POSTS TAGGED AS personalized medicine

DNA Sequencing Via Microfluidics

David Weitz and physicist colleagues at Harvard have done preliminary work that shows DNA can be sequenced using a [MORE]

Your Microbiome

A human genome has about 25k genes, but the “acquired human microbiome,” in the trillions of microbial cells that inhabit [MORE]

“P4″ with Leroy Hood, Personalized Medicine

Predictive, personalized, preventative and participatory (”P4″) is the future of medicine as genomics pioneer Leroy Hood sees it.  Among other [MORE]

Supercomputing Human Diseases

Medical researchers and physicians at the University of Melbourne (state of Victoria) and IBM’s Research Computational Biology group in [MORE]

Tracking Personalized Biomarkers

Residual cancer, after surgery, leaves biomakers in the blood-both protein and DNA.  Protein markers tend to be less specific [MORE]

MUSING - Automation as a Bridge

Whether or not healthcare insurance reform proceeds in Congress, true healthcare reform is proceeding.  Its sources are molecular [MORE]

Alzheimer’s and Down’s Syndrome: The Same Disease?

Researchers found a link-amyloid beta damage-between Down’s Syndrome and Alzheimer’s two decades ago, but now it appears that the [MORE]

“Gene Chip” for Dosing Analysis

Recently, The Pharmacogenomics Journal published a study that John Deeken, at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center, carried out [MORE]

Personalized Medicine Forecast

Predicting market growth for personalized medicine at 11% annually, the total value of this sector could reach $452b by [MORE]

Bridging the Valley of Death, Medical Genetics 2.0, and other Tales of Translational Genomics Research

Holistic molecular scanning of individuals has become a robust strategy to develop new ways to effectively diagnose and treat disease. [MORE]

Ignite Institute

Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia will support The Ignite Institute which will focus on [MORE]

Medical Automation Conference Speakers

Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Special Advisor to the Chief Nursing Officer UVa Medical Center and Chairperson, American Academy [MORE]

Beckman Coulter Creates Genomics Services Company

Beckman Coulter (Fullerton, CA) recently announced that it has combined Agencourt Biosciences and Cogenics to form Beckman Coulter Genomics—a business [MORE]

Rosetta @ Home

Many will remember, even if they aren’t still subscribers, SETI@home–a project that launched a decade ago to link up millions [MORE]

Personal Genome Services Offered Through Major Healthcare Provider

23andMe, (Mountain View and San Diego, CA) recently announced it has partnered with Palomar Pomerado Health in San Diego to [MORE]

Technology Review: Mobile Tech

What is the world’s largest wireless carrier?  Perhaps not surprisingly, it is China Mobile.  But it may come as a [MORE]

The $100 Genome

No, the $1,000 genome has not yet seen the light of day, but hardly a week goes by without hearing [MORE]

Magnetic Protein Detection for Cancer

 
 

 Professor Shan Wang, at Stanford’s department of materials science and engineering, has developed a silicon chip array that has 64 [MORE]

McKesson’s Strategy for Personalized Medicine

Digital HealthCare has an interesting interview about personalized medicine it conducted with Andrew Mellin, McKesson’s VP for Predictive Care Solutions.  [MORE]

Presidential Report on Personalized Medicine

In September, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology published its report “Priorities for Personalized Medicine.”  It reviews [MORE]