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Will Plavix be the next drug up for a genetic test? There are not many alternative drugs either that could easily replace the functionality of Plavix, it is a blood thinner. One idea would be to monitor patients with poor liver or kidney metabolization. as suggested here , a blog written...
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This is a very good point, getting all the data organized into a fashion where it can be used and analyzed. Back a few months ago when I interviewed Patrice Milos, Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, of Helicos BioSciences I asked the same question, and also if each interpretation would...
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Amish Country is probably the last place one would think of genomic R and D activity, but not so. Here’s a post from July of 2008. The original study focused on locating deadly genetic diseases, but out of the study came a mutation that could lead to development of new types of medications...
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I try to cover quite a bit on the blog relative to personalized medicine and how it links and will connect to the clinical side of healthcare. Navigenics has always had the focus on working with the physicians versus the commercial direct sale to the consumer. MDVIP, Inc. is a privately-held firm...
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Let’s put it another way, it can’t exist without IT. Again it all comes back to running algorithms to obtain desired results. As I have mentioned before, Algorithms is one of the hottest words right now in healthcare as we all make decisions from queried results. A while back I had the opportunity...
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The manufacturers of the machines that run our DNA are still very much in the forefront, gaining investors with DNA sequencing. BD NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Menlo Park, Calif.-based Pacific Biosciences today said that it recently received $20 million in funding from new investor Blackstone Cleantech...
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After all the recent news about the PSA test, here's a genomics answer. The MD Anderson Cancer Center, demonstrated a very high success rate for identifying the presence of Grade 3 or higher prostate cancer cells. The new prostate cancer test will be performed at Clarient's Clinical...
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One CEO comes out and states how biotech will be the new focus for Glaxo, as in a related story whereby patients will require genetic testing for their AIDS drug, Ziagen. In the future I’m sure there will be more about big pharma and their biotech strategies as personalized medicine continues...
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Warfarin is the second-most-likely drug, to cause adverse events requiring hospitalization. The use of warfarin sensitivity testing in the U.S. could avoid 85,000 serious-bleeding incidents. More in the way of personalized medicine and if you were a patient determined to have an adverse reaction...
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Intel and other venture capitalists seem to like the genomics business too. Personalized medicine holds the key to many areas of Pharmacogenomics and where healthcare is headed. Genomic sequencing stands to unlock many areas of information that will lead us to which drugs and combinations...
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We all recently heard about the warning letters sent from the state of California to firms selling online personal DNA sequencing over the Internet, and requiring a physician’s prescription for the service. One company DeCode, has taken the letter to heart and is revising their marketing plant...
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When will it start paying the bills? The science and development is somewhat fragmented like the rest of health care, and this is not to say in any way that phenomenal breakthroughs are not occurring by any means as they are. Part of the problem is having enough data, real time data for one...
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Coriell University will begin offering free tests for 10,000 participants, and included is the education process to help both patients and physicians know what to do with the information. The Coriell project will offer a narrower range of results, and it will make a direct effort to involve...
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This is a good article from Medscape and well worth reading...you will need to set up a log on account to read the entire article...basically it explains the changes that are taking place today and what is in store for the future..it will be a big change for big pharma not only in R and D, but marketing...
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You set up a profile and play against others on the Internet..." The more we know about how certain proteins fold, the better new proteins we can design to combat the disease-related proteins and cure the diseases.". The project has been given a grant of 20 Million from the Bill and Melinda...
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