A number of breakout sessions today focused on biomarkers and personalized medicine. A very compelling session was on Biomarkers and Diagnostics in Alzheimer’s. It my impression that one of the major hurdles in the adoption of biomarker technology is the conception that its simply “diagnostics.” The current system is designed to reimburse based on the [...]
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The idea of the de-differentiation of mature cells into stem cells has captivated the community for the past two years since its initial publication. Is it possible to use these induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) instead of the embryonic stem cells which have garnered so much controversy? The Regenerative Medicine session on Cell De-Differentiation [...]
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On the way out NHGRI director Francis Collins mentions that it will be very interesting to see how the recent actions of the state of California’s Health Department to send out cease and desist letters to personal genomics testing companies will play out. Who knows maybe Arnold Schwarzenegger will offer his insight tomorrow at the [...]
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