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Showing the Power of Individualized Medicine through Patient Experiences

April 26th, 2013 - 8:51 am

CHICAGO — “Individualized medicine … it’s not just about deciphering your own genome … it’s about you having the power to choose your own care and having access to information that can best keep you well.” That was the message … Continue reading →

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Individualized Medicine and BIO 2013

April 23rd, 2013 - 2:37 pm

CHICAGO– There was a time at the BIO conference when the term genomics was scarcely known. Today it ranks with other buzz words on the exhibit floor here in Chicago and as a topic in the hundreds of meetings that … Continue reading →

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Mayo’s Individualizing Medicine Conference – Registration Open

March 29th, 2013 - 7:47 am

This week we’ve heard how genomics is helping to determine individual risk predictions for breast, ovarian and prostate cancers, with Mayo Clinic in the forefront of some of those huge studies. That’s a good opener for touting Individualizing Medicine: From … Continue reading →

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Interview with Dr. Michael Snyder, Stanford University

October 3rd, 2012 - 9:16 am

Our colleague Hoyt Finnamore caught up with Michael Snyder, the kickoff speaker at the Individualizing Medicine conference…..   Share/Bookmark

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Media Panel Big Success

October 3rd, 2012 - 8:16 am

If you were watching last evening’s media panel from the Individualizing Medicine conference here on Advancing the Science, you already know what a good exchange it was between the journalists and other experts under the moderating of Ira Flatow. In … Continue reading →

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Ethics and Genomics

October 2nd, 2012 - 1:52 pm

Hank Greely (J.D.) of Stanford Law School is now on stage, talking without a PowerPoint. That is interesting in itself… but his take on ethics of genome sequencing is direct and also interesting. He predicts that in 10 to 12 … Continue reading →

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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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