Sequence Thyself: Personalized Medicine and Therapies for the
Future: 2012 Yale Healthcare Conference |
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Authors: | Ashley Erin Clark |
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Institution: | PhD student, School of Nursing, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Abstract: | Now in its 8th year, the Yale Healthcare Conference has arguably come upon its
most exciting and dramatic time within the U.S. health care system. Dynamic
speakers from all over the country came together in April 2012 at Yale
University to question, debate, creatively think, and examine challenges within
health care organizations and institutions. One of the most prominent issues
concerned the aftermath of sequencing the human genome and the explosion of
information concerning gene polymorphisms and biomarkers in health and disease.
Clinicians, scientists, and pharmaceuticals are looking to innovative
individually tailored treatments for patients. During the conference breakout
session, speakers Thomas Lynch, MD, director of the Yale Cancer Center and
physician-in-chief of the Smilow Cancer Hospital, and Zen Chu, MBA, co-founder
of Accelerated Medical Ventures and entrepreneur-in-residence at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, provided enriching discussion on the delivery of
science and genetic care of the individual. |
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Keywords: | genetics genomics bioinformatics sequencing industry |
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