Personalized Medicine

Henry Ford Receives $25M Grant to Expand Precision Medicine Program

by Jessica Kent

Henry Ford Health System has received a $25 million grant to accelerate its precision medicine program, with the ultimate goal of creating a Precision Health Center. With the donation, Henry Ford will...

Opioid Use After C-Sections Can Inform Individualized Prescriptions

by Jessica Kent

Knowledge about patients’ opioid use after cesarean section surgery and before discharge could help inform more individualized prescriptions and cut down on unnecessary, leftover pills, a study...

New Genetic Signatures Could Advance Leukemia Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from Nemours Children’s Health System have identified new genetic structural variants that could help deliver more personalized care and precision medicine to patients with...

New Genomics Clinic Will Enable Preventive Care, Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is launching a new Preventive Genomics Clinic that will help advance precision medicine and preventive care by leveraging genetic information. The new clinic will...

Precision Medicine Increases Lifespan of Pancreatic Cancer Patients

by Jessica Kent

A precision medicine service designed to understand differences in patients’ tumors could help people with pancreatic cancer live longer, according to data from the Pancreatic Cancer Action...

Artificial Intelligence May Boost Sleep Disorder Treatment, Diagnosis

by Jessica Kent

Researchers could use artificial intelligence to boost efficiencies and precision in sleep disorder treatment, leading to improved care and better patient outcomes, according to a new position...

FDA Approvals Advance Precision Medicine, Genomics Treatments

by Jessica Kent

The FDA approved or cleared 12 personalized medicines and seven diagnostics in 2019, helping providers address the root causes of disease and further integrating precision medicine with clinical...

Targeted Gene Cuts Could Accelerate Cancer Tumor Sequencing

by Jessica Kent

Combining the gene cutting tool CRISPR with tools that sequence the DNA components of human cancer tissue could lead to fast, relatively cheap tumor sequencing for cancer patients, according to a study...

Genetics, Social Determinants Have Joint Impact on Cognitive Health

by Jessica Kent

Genetics and community-level social determinants may interact to have a positive or negative impact on individuals’ cognitive health, a team from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) recently...

Machine Learning May Support Personalized Mental Health Therapies

by Jessica Kent

Researchers from Penn Medicine leveraged machine learning techniques to identify the size and shape of brain networks in children, which could lead to improved understanding and more personalized...

AHA Awards $2M to Artificial Intelligence, Precision Medicine Studies

by Jessica Kent

The American Heart Association (AHA) Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine has awarded seven researchers a total of $2 million for three grants focused on advancing artificial intelligence,...

New Precision Medicine Program to Study Role of Genomics in Disease

by Jessica Kent

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced that it will establish a new precision medicine and genomics program within its Division of Intramural Research. The new program will...

Data Mining Techniques Could Improve Cancer Gene Therapies

by Jessica Kent

A team of scientists from Purdue University and other research institutions around the world leveraged data mining techniques to better understand trends in the gene therapy field in respect to...

Treatment Could Boost Acute Kidney Injury Risk Prediction, Prevention

by Jessica Kent

High levels of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a protein produced by immune cells in the bone marrow, could inform risk prediction and prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI),...

Genetic Sequencing Study Identifies 102 Genes Associated with Autism

by Jessica Kent

Researchers conducted a large-scale genetic sequencing study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and identified 102 genes associated with the condition, which could help clinicians better understand ASD...

Advanced Medical Imaging, Genetic Analysis Could Improve Cancer Care

by Jessica Kent

Incorporating genetic and cellular analysis of tumors with how they appear in medical images could help improve brain cancer treatment, showing that cells inside and surrounding a tumor play a major...

Partnership to Advance Orthopedic Genomics for Pediatric Patients

by Jessica Kent

Shriners Hospitals for Children is collaborating with The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) to leverage genomics and develop new treatments for pediatric patients with orthopedic conditions.   Individual...

77% of Americans Are Optimistic About Genetics Research, Potential

by Jessica Kent

Seventy-seven percent of Americans indicate positive feelings about human genetic research, with individuals expressing interest in what genetics can tell them about human history and heritage,...

Study of Genes in Asian Populations to Reduce Care Disparities

by Jessica Kent

A team from the University of Virginia (UVA), together with researchers from dozens of institutions around the world, will address and reduce care disparities by sequencing the genes of people across...

Addressing Disparities Will Advance Genomics, Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

Advancements in genomics and precision medicine have improved healthcare’s understanding of human disease, but stakeholders will need to address disparities and increase data sharing in order to...