Liquid Biopsy: Cancer Diagnostics Simplified
The development of technologies that allow the detection of circulating tumor cells, cell free DNA, or exosomes, combined with the advancements of sequencing technologies and the identification of novel biomarkers now allow more accurate detection and possible...
read moreClinically Useful Genome Interpretation
Diagnostics is hugely influencing disease treatment, management,and interventional prevention. The flood of findings is enormous, yet, not all of it is interpretable which produces a huge challenge not only for the test provider, but also for the physician and...
read moreDr. RogerPerlmutter on Personalized Medicine and Its Impact on Healthcare and Drug Development
The upcoming Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) 2016 Silicon Valley will honor a few exceptional leaders whom have played, and continue to play, a tremendously critical role in shaping our healthcare system, changing it from a general population approach to...
read moreQuestions for UCSC Genomics Institute’s director David Haussler on “Data Solutions in Clinical Genomics”
UCSC Genomics Institute’s director David Haussler will chair a session on “Data Solutions in Clinical Genomics” at the upcoming Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC) 2016 Silicon Valley, co-hosted with Stanford Health Care and UCSF on January 24-27. Professor...
read moreManaging Health and Disease Using Personal Omics Profiling
Interested in catching up with Mike Snyder’s (Stanford Medical University) talk presented last month at the Personalized Medicine World Conference? Access his presentation which discusses in detail the vast amount of molecule measurements collected to help...
read moreThank you for Making PMWC 2016 Silicon Valley a Success Story For All Attendees
It was truly a pleasure to host this year’s soldout PMWC. As Dr. Keith Yamamoto (UCSF) noted in his presentation, “precision medicine: audacious aspiration, worthy outcomes.” It was nice to see that we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to...
read moreCelebrating Leaders of Change at PMWC 2016
They all have played and continue to play a tremendously critical role in shaping the human healthcare system, changing it from a general population approach to a personalized and patient-centered care model. For this reason, we honored these leaders for their...
read moreIllumina Did It Again
Like a recurring theme, Illumina – when at JPMorgan Healthcare Conference -is contributing to some of the most clearly heard and most impactful announcements in the space. An obligatory new sequencer was released and along with that, the news of the launch of a...
read moreThe Year of the Goat is Also The Year of Precision Medicine
The year 2015 is surely a success story for medicine and healthcare, starting early with the launch of the ambitious Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) by the President in January during his State of the Union address. Since then, this year has brought us a flurry of...
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