Sentences with phrase «towards precision medicine»

This can only serve to exacerbate the health disparities gap as healthcare moves towards precision medicine.

These studies allow the construction of robust in vitro human disease models, and also provide a path towards precision medicine and therapeutic genome editing.

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The molecular microscope's ability to more accurately diagnose rejection, before structural damage has occurred in a patient's heart, provides us with an essential tool in the evolution towards true precision medicine.»

«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.»

«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.»

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.

Based on the remarkable success of the original technology - focused AGBT meeting — and with an eye towards facilitating the emergence of a new era of precision medicine — The Genome Partnership launched AGBT - Precision Health, a new conference that debuted in September of 2016, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

It is «an important step towards personalized medicine, as described in the new precision medicine initiative proposed by President Obama,» Kenny said.