Sentences with phrase «precision medicine research»
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.
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Yet, while Shelley Hwang, chief of breast surgery at Duke Cancer Institute and vice chair of research at Duke University's Department of Surgery, agrees in principle, she also has concerns about all the new diagnostic potential that will come with precision medicine.
This genomic information would then be fed to Watson, using its supercomputing powers and Sloan Kettering's oncology precision medicine database to sift through the latest cancer research and drug trials.
Collins called the future group of participating volunteers «unique and transformative» for precision - medicine research.
TORONTO, September 3, 2015 — MaRS Discovery District today announced new tenants in its West Tower, including cutting - edge research groups with a focus on precision medicine and rapidly growing ventures such as Synaptive Medical, a leader in neuro - imaging, and LEAGUE, a new personal health platform.
The National Institutes of Health said today that it's launching a huge research study with the aim of making precision medicine available to people of all backgrounds.
It has forged partnerships with research institutions, notably a precision medicine institute at SUSTech.
This research highlights the power of translational precision medicine and the promise of the proposed Translational Precision Medicine Complex (TPMC) at the University of Mmedicine and the promise of the proposed Translational Precision Medicine Complex (TPMC) at the University of MMedicine Complex (TPMC) at the University of Missouri.
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Professor Peter Naredi, the ECCO scientific co-chair of the Congress, who was not involved in the research, commented: «In my view Dr Brastianos and colleagues very elegantly show what we mean with precision medicine, how genetic profiling can support our understanding of the metastatic process and how it opens up different pathways for treatment.
Snyder's research goals were similar to Poldrack's MyConnectome in pointing the way toward a precision kind of medicine, focusing on patients» particular biochemistries, as opposed to today's one - size - fits-most approach.
For Jacques Fellay, this research work aptly illustrates the methods and objectives of personalised medicine or «precision medicine»: «Our bodies» capacity to ward off illnesses can vary greatly.
Professor Johann de Bono, Regius Professor of Cancer Research at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, said, «Our study identifies, for the first time, genetic changes that allow prostate cancer cells to become resistant to the precision medicine olaparib.
And those proposals come on top of existing efforts, such as the precision medicine initiative and the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative.
Study co-leader Wyndham Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., NCI Center for Cancer Research, added, «This is the first clinical study to demonstrate the importance of precision medicine in lymphomas.»
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Dr Fiona Blackhall, a senior lecturer in The University of Manchester's Institute of Cancer Sciences and a consultant based at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust — both part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre — said: «In order to introduce precision medicine, where each cancer patient receives treatment designed to target the genetic makeup of their individual cancer, we need to compare how effective the new targeted treatment is compared to standard chemotherapy treatment.»
It also calls for «new funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through a temporary «innovation fund,» which would give the agency an extra $ 8.75 billion over 5 years; $ 500 million per year would fund specific projects within NIH's 27 institutes, including research on biomarkers and precision medicine.
Matthew J. Ellis, MD, PhD, said the research, presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, is a step toward precision medicine, allowing scientists to study tumors from patients whose treatment regimens are well - documented.
«Our research shows a new link between energy metabolism and inflammation, as well as giving early insights into the fundamentals of precision medicine regarding the variation of the lipidome among individuals,» said Victor Darley - Usmar, Ph.D., Endowed Professor of Mitochondrial Medicine and Pathology at UAB and a co-investigator on thmedicine regarding the variation of the lipidome among individuals,» said Victor Darley - Usmar, Ph.D., Endowed Professor of Mitochondrial Medicine and Pathology at UAB and a co-investigator on thMedicine and Pathology at UAB and a co-investigator on the study.
The findings are being presented as part of a poster presentation by members of the Rutgers Cancer Institute precision medicine team at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) which begins this weekend in New Orleans.
The side - effects of these treatments can be significant, so current research is focused around precision medicine — classifying patients on their tumor's molecular changes, and only giving them the treatments that are expected to be most effective.
Scientists and clinicians have increasingly tried to move away from simplistic racial and ethnic categories in disease research, the authors say, and — with the rise of precision medicine — in clinical diagnosis and treatment as well.
MacConaill noted that the results of Profile genomic testing are being used to further research within the institutions and are being shared more widely with initiatives like Project GENIE of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which will help advance the field of precision mresearch within the institutions and are being shared more widely with initiatives like Project GENIE of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which will help advance the field of precision mResearch (AACR), which will help advance the field of precision medicine.
Firestein, who is also director of the Clinical and Translational Research Institute at UC San Diego, said the work «opens up the potential for precision medicine approaches that allow us to target all of the joints, not just a subset.
«This could be a game - changer in epilepsy diagnosis and could make precision medicine part of standard clinical practice,» says lead author Anne T. Berg, PhD, from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.
«Clinical and research leaders in cancer genomics are making tremendous progress towards bringing precision medicine to cancer patients, but genomic data interpretation is a significant obstacle, and that's where Watson can help.»
My colleagues and I are also engaged in translational research, where we apply precision medicine techniques in ongoing and completed clinical trials.
«Ideally, genomic research will one day lead to more personalized interventions (precision medicine) that, in this case, will reduce bone loss and prevent fractures in older adults.»
The Oncology Research Information Exchange Network, or ORIEN, is the world's largest precision collaboration for cancer research, one that will enable researchers and clinicians to share data to accelerate the development of precision medicine treResearch Information Exchange Network, or ORIEN, is the world's largest precision collaboration for cancer research, one that will enable researchers and clinicians to share data to accelerate the development of precision medicine treresearch, one that will enable researchers and clinicians to share data to accelerate the development of precision medicine treatments.
July 7, 2016 UChicago to support NIH million - person precision medicine study The University of Chicago is one of three Illinois academic institutions that will work together to help launch President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in a national research effort designed to find better ways to prevent and treat disease based on lifestyle, environment and gmedicine study The University of Chicago is one of three Illinois academic institutions that will work together to help launch President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in a national research effort designed to find better ways to prevent and treat disease based on lifestyle, environment and gMedicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program to enroll 1 million or more participants in a national research effort designed to find better ways to prevent and treat disease based on lifestyle, environment and genetics.
His research interests include new drug development against childhood cancers and role of precision medicine in pediatric oncology.
«Our goal at QBI is to help make precision medicine a reality by using quantitative research tools to understand the underlying biology behind different disease states, and then to use that knowledge to develop novel diagnostics and therapies and put them into the hands of clinicians,» said Krogan.
On Dec. 1 - 2, those issues will come to the fore as national experts in genetics, medicine, law, big data and other fields gather for Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, a unique precision medicine symposium at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and University of Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER) addresses those topics as precision medicine is gaining more attention nationwide from health care systems, practitioners, researchers, insurers and federal amedicine, law, big data and other fields gather for Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, a unique precision medicine symposium at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and University of Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER) addresses those topics as precision medicine is gaining more attention nationwide from health care systems, practitioners, researchers, insurers and federal aMedicine II: Cancer, Big Data and the Public, a unique precision medicine symposium at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and University of Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER) addresses those topics as precision medicine is gaining more attention nationwide from health care systems, practitioners, researchers, insurers and federal amedicine symposium at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences, University of Utah Health Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, and University of Utah Center for Excellence in ELSI Research (UCEER) addresses those topics as precision medicine is gaining more attention nationwide from health care systems, practitioners, researchers, insurers and federal amedicine is gaining more attention nationwide from health care systems, practitioners, researchers, insurers and federal agencies.
Through options such as clinical trials, precision medicine, other research efforts, and utilizing the latest surgical and radiation technologies, our physicians continue to make progress and win the fight against cancer.
What was once dismissed as futuristic has now become reality for some cancer patients, and with leading - edge research and groundbreaking partnerships, City of Hope stands in the precision medicine vanguard.
We've already seen how this so - called precision medicine can be successful in advancing research to combat other diseases like cystic fibrosis.
«This exemplifies how academic - private partnerships can rapidly achieve meaningful translational research to support the practice of precision medicine,» said Dr. Eng.
«This study is an important step towards developing precision medicine for at - risk and understudied minority populations,» Burchard said, «But the current lack of genomic data from these populations highlights the urgent need for a dedicated national effort to prioritize diversity in research.»
In their pursuit of cures for debilitating diseases, Gladstone scientists are approaching precision medicine from new angles, researching the microbiome and protein networks that are critical for human biology.
Together, they will provide a snapshot of the current state of the art in IRD research, use it as a context to discuss the best practices for transforming genetic discoveries into personalized precision medicine.
The tests are based on research conducted by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) investigators — and could pave the way for a more precise approach to cancer therapy and help find effective drugs when conventional approaches to precision medicine have failed.
At the 10th Annual NYSCF Conference on Translational Stem Cell Research NYSCF will bring together world leaders in biotechnology, regenerative medicine, precision medicine, and pharmaceuticals to...
The MELGEN European Training Network (ETN) will create a co-operative environment for research and training in melanoma research, with the ultimate aim of improving precision medicine for patients with the disease.
The clinical biostatistics team has strong connection with the Biometry department (Head A. Savignoni), the early phase clinical trial and precision medicine unit where patients are treated with drugs in development (Head C. Le Tourneau), the translational research department in particular the Circulating Tumor Biomarkers laboratory (Charlotte Proudhon), and of course the other teams of the U900.
The focus of Dr. Smoller's research interests has been 1) understanding the genetic and environmental determinants of psychiatric disorders across the lifespan; 2) integrating genomics and neuroscience to unravel how genes affect brain structure and function; and 3) using «big data», including electronic health records and genomics, to advance precision medicine.
«Advancing precision medicine with an NGS - based companion diagnostic test to support multiple NSCLC drug therapies» «Successes, challenges and future directions in other areas of clinical research»
His research addresses the challenges for translating genomic information into medical practice and the integration of precision medicine into healthcare.
Navigating the path to precision medicine is quickly becoming a «big data» problem, necessitating the harmonization of disparate healthcare, biomarker, clinical research, and real world evidence data sets.