Precision Medicine News

New Tool Could Advance Precision Medicine for Incurable Diseases

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A new tool that focuses on RNA could accelerate the development of precision medicine treatments for incurable diseases, including a type of metastatic breast cancer, according to a study published in...

$4.8M Grant Supports Study of Genetics in Asian Populations

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Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received a $4.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to study the genetics of Alzheimer’s...

“All of Us” Precision Medicine Program Returns First Genetic Results

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NIH’s All of Us precision medicine research program is beginning to return genetic results to participants, with individuals now able to receive information about their genetic ancestry and...

Biomarker Identifies Patients Who Don’t Respond to Precision Medicine

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Researchers from Penn Medicine have discovered a new biomarker that identifies which patients with aggressive lymphoma won’t respond to a precision medicine treatment called ibrutinib. The...

Precision Medicine Method May Reduce Glaucoma-Related Blindness

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Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are creating a precision medicine method to determine patients’ genetic risk of developing glaucoma, with the goal of reducing...

$1.3M Grant Will Advance Precision Medicine for Pediatric Cancer

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Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) and Gustave Roussy, a cancer research organization based in France, have received a $1.3 million grant from neuroblastoma clinical research charities to...

How Organizations Can Integrate Precision Medicine with Clinical Care

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While the promises of precision medicine in healthcare are seemingly boundless, the industry has had to overcome several challenges to integrating these approaches with everyday clinical care. From...

Precision Medicine Approach Reverses Case of Type 1 Diabetes

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A precision medicine treatment that involves correcting an underlying genetic mutation led to the reversal of a case of type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in the New England Journal of...

Genetic Testing Can Lead to Precision Medicine Therapies for Cancer

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Broad-based genetic testing could identify inherited genetic mutations and accelerate precision medicine therapies for patients with cancer, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology. Hereditary...

Deep Learning Model Could Enhance Cancer Precision Medicine

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A deep learning algorithm was able to accurately analyze tumor data and recommend the best possible treatments for patients, potentially accelerating cancer precision medicine, according to a study...

Can Genomic Data Reduce Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes?

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After analyzing the genomic data of men of different races, researchers believe that a combination of socioeconomic and biological factors may contribute to racial disparities in prostate cancer...

Study Uses Artificial Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Drug Development

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A team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will leverage artificial intelligence to find patterns in genetic, imaging, and clinical data from over 60,000...

UCSF Aims to Apply Precision Medicine Techniques to Diabetes

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UC San Francisco (UCSF) is using a $1 million grant to build a first-of-its-kind diagnostic center that will aim to use precision medicine methods to find targeted therapies for type 1 diabetes. The...

Top 3 Challenges of Integrating Precision Medicine with Routine Care

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Precision medicine has emerged in recent years as a potential way to deliver personalized, comprehensive care to patients with a wide range of diseases. In just the last few months, researchers have...

NIH Funds Study to Advance Precision Medicine for Diabetes

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NIH is funding a nationwide study involving 20 research centers to better understand unusual types of diabetes, which could accelerate precision medicine for the condition. The Rare and Atypical...

Precision Medicine Approach Resolves Severe Lung Disorder

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A precision medicine approach that targeted a genetic mutation helped clinicians resolve a severe lymphatic disorder in a patient, according to a study published in EMBO Molecular Medicine. The...

Precision Medicine Treatments Improve Cancer Patient Outcomes

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Patients with advanced cancer who received precision medicine treatments were more likely to survive or have longer periods without their disease progressing than those who received standard therapies,...

New Device Could Facilitate Precision Medicine for Eye Diseases

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A new tool designed to collect eye fluid samples could help providers develop specific treatment plans for patients, facilitating precision medicine for eye diseases. Researchers from the University...

Big Data Initiative Will Advance Pediatric Cancer Precision Medicine

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The University of Chicago Pediatric Cancer Data Commons (PCDC) is participating in new collaborative effort to leverage big data to advance pediatric cancer precision medicine. The global initiative,...

Precision Medicine Partnership Aims to Advance Cancer Care

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The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and Cofactor Genomics are collaborating to boost patient outcomes in cancer care using precision medicine techniques. The partnership...