Tag: personalized medicine

Enhancing Access to Genomic Medicine

By Emily Singer | 11/23/2009 | 0 Comments

A startup aims to calculate the value in the onslaught of genetic tests.

Surgical Scalpel Sniffs Out Cancer

By Katherine Bourzac | 10/09/2009 | 2 Comments

A cutting tool distinguishes tissue types based on their chemical profiles.

Hospital to Collect Patients' Genomic Data

By Emily Singer | 06/12/2009 | 1 Comment

A Boston hospital aims to collect genome information from all consenting patients.

Off-the-Shelf Genetic Testing On Display

By Emily Singer | 06/09/2009 | 1 Comment

The emerging market of direct-to-consumer genetic testing gets down to business.

How to Save a Trillion Dollars

By David Ewing Duncan | 05/06/2009 | 9 Comments

America needs a Human Genome Project for personalized health care.

Predicting Cancer Drugs' Impact

By Katherine Bourzac | 02/06/2009 | 0 Comments

New imaging probes show whether cancer drugs will work.

A Genetic Test for Heart Disease and Cancer Risk

By Emily Singer | 01/22/2009 | 0 Comments

Unfortunately, questions remain over its clinical utility.

Beyond Race-Based Medicine

By Emily Singer | 01/16/2009 | 6 Comments

Let's move beyond race when exploring disease, says Clyde Yancy.

A Way to Spot Cancer Early

By Katherine Bourzac | 12/19/2008 | 1 Comment

A prototype device employs the same magnetic phenomenon used to write data to computer hard drives.

Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki

By Emily Singer | 10/20/2008 | 2 Comments

The founders of startup 23andMe want to know your genome.

A Source of Men's Stem Cells

By Nora Schultz | 10/09/2008 | 2 Comments

Stem cells from human testes could be used for personalized medicine.

Chemotherapy Gets Personal

By Nora Schultz | 09/23/2008 | 0 Comments

A gene-screening method can predict an individual's response to cancer drugs.

DNA in Real Time

By Emily Singer | 09/16/2008 | 0 Comments

Pacific Biosciences aims to bring sequencing technology to the doctor's office.

The Genetic Early Adopters

By Emily Singer | 09/08/2008 | 3 Comments

The first people to purchase their complete genome sequences browse their books of life.

Making Genetic Testing Useful

By Emily Singer | 07/22/2008 | 0 Comments

A project aims to convert the slew of newly identified disease-risk genes into useful medical information.