NGS Screening Really Is Cheaper
Precision medicine not only promises better treatment, but cost effective healthcare. A new economic model has shown that broad NGS screening not only improves speed to diagnosis; it also lowers [...]
Routine DNA Screening Moves Into Primary Care
DNA isolated from a small sample of saliva or blood can yield information, fairly inexpensively, about a person’s relative risk of developing dozens of diseases or medical conditions. If [...]
Fewer Breast Cancer Patients Benefit From Chemo, TAILORx Study With Oncotype DX Finds
CHICAGO (GenomeWeb) – Results presented over the weekend at the American Society for Clinical Oncology annual meeting have closed the file on a long unanswered question for Genomic Health’s [...]
Patients given a revolutionary cancer treatment that is ‘personalised’ to their own disease are SIX TIMES more likely to survive for 10 years, concludes major study
A revolutionary treatment ‘personalised’ to patients for their own cancer can increase their chances of survival by six times. Treatment tailored to cancer patients has been described [...]
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The future of personalized health is scientific wellness
A new quantitative era is emerging for digital health, AI, social networks, analytics and precision medicine that will eclipse the disease industry that exists today. The convergence of [...]
How knowing your genetic code could lengthen your life
Fifteen years ago this month, the full human genome sequence was published for the first time, heralding a new era of medicine. Since then technology has markedly speeded up genomic sequencing [...]
Combined genetic disorder risk equal to Down syndrome, research finds
The number of pregnancies affected by cystic fibrosis, fragile-X syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy, when grouped together, is comparable to the risk for Down syndrome, Australian research has [...]
Here is all you need to know about genetic disorders before you plan your family
We see a growing number of children being born with genetic disorders these days. According to World Health Organization (WHO), Genetic disorders affect 10 in every 1000 newborn babies. Here we [...]
Genomics: the next trillion dollar industry is coming to the Philippines
US technology policy expert Alex Ross said that the last trillion-dollar industry was built on computer code and the next trillion-dollar industry will be built on genetic code. And Canadian [...]
GENOMICS, PRECISION MEDICINE, AND THE POTENTIAL TO CURE CANCER
Cancer is being conquered and may even be eliminated thanks to Genomics. Scientists and clinicians can now “personalize” medicine – allowing for disease prediction, prevention and treatment [...]