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Columbia researchers have used blockchain technology to build a system that can securely store, share, and analyze genetic and clinical data for precision medicine research.
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A “loopy” discovery in bacteria is raising fundamental questions about the makeup of our own genome. And revealing a potential wellspring of material for new genetic therapies.
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The first guidelines for genetic testing of people with chronic kidney disease recommend genetic testing for many patients.
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Researchers at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have engineered exosomes to carry CRISPR, significantly enhancing the delivery of genome editing components to specific cells and tissues.
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In the New England Journal of Medicine, two public health scholars write about the increasing focus nationally on precision medicine.
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- March 26, 2015
Nearly 50 years after the “war on cancer” was declared in the United States, precision medicine is changing the face of cancer research.
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- March 19, 2015
At a special event at Columbia, oncologists and scientists will discuss how new research is changing the way cancer is being treated.
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- March 12, 2015
Advances in how the immune system can be harnessed to fight cancer offer new hope to patients with lung cancer.
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- February 26, 2015
Director of the National Cancer Institute, Harold Varmus, MD'66, talked about the challenges and goals of precision medicine's efforts to tackle cancer.
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- February 12, 2015
Andrea Califano discusses the potential for precision medicine to target differences in the ways disease presents in individuals.
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Kevin L. Gardner, MD, PhD, has been named senior vice chair of the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology and professor of pathology and cell biology.
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