Atul Butte, PhD, who is Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor at UCSF and directs the Institute for Computational Health Sciences, a hub for precision medicine research on
campus,
echoed the excitement felt
across UCSF about moving towards clinical application of precision medicine: «Precision medicine is not just a «nice idea» at UCSF — it is benefitting real people, from cancer patients with unusual tumor mutations to children with undiagnosed genetic diseases.