Monthly Archives: October 2012

Day Two of Mayo’s Individualizing Medicine Conference

October 2nd, 2012 - 8:35 am

I am looking across the table at the back of the conference room at the Mayo Civic Center…on one corner of the next table is Ron Winslow, Deputy Medical Editor of the Wall St. Journal; at the opposite corner, sits … Continue reading →

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Points from the Experts

October 1st, 2012 - 1:30 pm

From the Individualizing Medicine conference in Minnesota — Dr. Jeff Trent, formerly of the National Institutes of Health, and founder of TGen, the genomic research outfit, cited an interesting statistic this morning. Ten years ago doctors were asked whether they … Continue reading →

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“Altered States” – Tracking Your Genome Over the Years

October 1st, 2012 - 9:58 am

When Dr. Michael Snyder of Stanford suggested doing an in-depth study of individuals’ genomes he began with himself… and discovered he was at risk for diabetes…and some months later, discovered he had diabetes. It was an odd situation of prediction … Continue reading →

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Beginning the Conversation – Individualizing Medicine

October 1st, 2012 - 8:39 am

More than 500 people are sitting around me watching the opening videos showing profiles of three composite patients, the examples that will be used as recurring touch points in this Individualizing Medicine conference. Now Dr. Michael Snyder of Stanford has … Continue reading →

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