Biomarkers and Alzheimer’s

Posted on June 19, 2008 by sourav123

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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Science for the Non-Science Guy

Posted on June 19, 2008 by mikesgene

I went out on a limb this morning at the BIO Breakout sessions. Most of my career has been as a journalist and producer, I’ve been the Communications Director for Genome Alberta less than a year, and no one will ever confuse me with a scientist or researcher. Undaunted though, I went to a breakout session [...]

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