Personalized Medicine News Headlines - 2009 Articles

December 2009
December 29 The decade we learned the language of life
December 23 Coriell Survey to Gauge Early Adopters' Attitudes on Personalized Rx
December 21 CVS Caremark Expands Investment in Generation Health
December 17 Scientists unlock genetic code in major cancer breakthrough
December 16 In It Together
December 6 Opinion: Mammograms: Are we asking the wrong question?
December 3 Comparative Effectiveness Research Will Produce Near-Term Delivery Reform - OMB's Orszag
December 2 Conference Discussion Questions Big Pharma's True Motivations for Pursuing Personalized Medicine
December 2 DMAA Requests Moratorium on GINA's 'Underwriting' Restrictions; Personalized Rx Advocates Object
December 2 Location, Location, Location: New Institute Positioned to Heighten Personalized Rx's Profile Inside Beltway
December 2 Sperm Gene May Cause Men's Longevity Disadvantage
December 1 Pharma CPR
December 1 Heart failure linked to gene variant affecting vitamin D activation
November 2009
November 29 Putting money where the mouse is
November 29 Fighting a smarter war on cancer
November 23 Can IT Help New Cancer Screening Guidelines?
November 23 Enhancing Access to Genomic Medicine
November 21 New law bans genetic discrimination
November 18 New Label Warns Against Plavix with CYP2C19 Inhibitors, Raises Questions about Role of Mutations
November 18 New Label Warns Against Plavix with CYP2C19 Inhibitors, Raises Questions about Role of Mutations
November 18 How a medical revolution may transform Northern Virginia
November 16 PBM Power Behind Pharmacogenomics: CVS Caremark Launching Program
November 15 Law Seeks to Ban Misuse of Genetic Testing
November 14 Need medical treatment? Get it your way
November 12 Scientists find link between cancer genes
November 11 FDA Top Officials Discuss Ongoing Efforts to Bring Agency Into Genomics Era
November 11 CVS Caremark Expanding PGx Testing to Its PBM Customers
November 11 NCCN Says Comparative Effectiveness in Oncology Won't Clash With Personalized Rx
November 10 Hamburg for Lunch: The Commish Serves Up Another Helping of Personalized Medicine
November 10 Genes predict advanced melanoma outcome
November 9 Health Care IT Gets Personal
November 6 The Dilemma: Updating Human Reference Genome without Disrupting Research
November 6 AACC Grants Proteomics Permanent Status, Signaling Growing Value within Clinical Chemistry
November 6 Aw, A Success
November 5 Complete Genomics Publication Outlines Results for Three Human Genomes
November 4 AHRQ's Clancy Discusses Comparative Effectiveness Research/Personalized Medicine Convergence at PMC Conference
November 2 Giving Sight by Therapy With Genes
November 1 Team of Rivals
October 2009
October 30 Consortium Will Use $4.8M ARRA Grant to Determine Feasibility of Measuring Proteins in Humans
October 29 Harvard Team Develops Method for Honing in on Natural Selection in the Genome
October 28 Scientists patch damaged lungs for transplanting
October 28 Medicare to Pay More To Doctors for Avastin
October 27 Risks to personalized medicine seen in U.S. reform
October 26 What Does the AMA-Medco PGx Survey Mean for Clinical Labs?
October 26 Comparative Effectiveness Grants in Genomic and Personalized Medicine Announced
October 26 SuperGen signs cancer-drug deal with Glaxo, shares rise
October 26 Surgery Shows Promise of Gene Therapy
October 26 Cancer Genomics in the Spotlight at ASHG
October 26 Comparative Effectiveness: Pharma Needs To Take Charge, Quintiles Says
October 22 As genetic medicine races ahead, docs are left behind
October 21 Massive Gene Database Planned in California
October 21 Medco Study to Gauge Whether PGx-Based Plavix Dosing is as Effective as Higher-Priced Effient
October 16 Personalized medicine study targets drug safety
October 16 NCI Grant Funds SWOG Comparative Effectiveness Research
October 16 Baucus Bill Champions Healthcare Technology
October 16 Proteomics Receives at Least $45M in FY 2009 NIH ARRA Grants; More to Follow in Coming Months
October 14 In Contentious Meeting, SACGHS Tackles Gene-Association Patentability, Impact of Exclusive Licenses
October 14 SACGHS to Hold Informational Meeting in 2010 on Impact of Affordable Genomes on Healthcare
October 14 FDA chief: Regaining your trust The FDA's newest commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, wants to restore Americans' faith in the much-maligned agency.
October 14 Long-term monkey tests back Oxford's gene therapy
October 14 Many Breast Cancer Patients May Not Be Receiving Recommended Test
October 13 Personalized treatment comes to the forefront
October 13 Breast Cancer Sequencing Study Finds Many Metastatic Mutations are Undetectable in Primary Tumor
October 12 Gene affecting hemoglobin is identified
October 12 Genetic blood variations in diseases ID'd
October 12 Genetic Studies ID Variants Behind Blood-Related Traits
October 12 Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Land $25M Grant for Genotyping Effort
October 9 'Omics Projects Snag More than $625M Worth of NIH Stimulus Grants
October 9 UW calls proposal to change patent law 'reckless'
October 8 Task Force Advises Making Gene Patents Exempt from Infringement
October 7 Genome map unlocks keys to medical research
October 7 Test detects patients who don't respond to Plavix
October 7 Medco's New Idea: PGx Program for Generics to Dispense 'Smarter' Treatments and Increase Savings
October 6 Wayne State, U of Miami to Sequence Rare Disease Genes under NIH Grant
October 6 Reporter’s notebook: Cleveland Clinic’s 2009 Medical Innovation Summit
October 6 Gene clue may explain breast cancer drug response
October 6 Adding Health Advice to Online Medical Records
October 6 NIMH Awards Almost $8M in Stimulus Funds in FY'09 to Study Genetic Architecture of Autism by Deep Sequencing
October 6 Future MDs will put their DNA to the test
October 6 Genome Guru
October 6 IBM to Enter DNA Sequencing Field with Nanopore Technology
October 5 Gene Therapy Mated With Stem Cells to Boost Blood Flow in Mice
October 5 NIH-Led Study Confirms Ability to Identify Individuals from GWAS Data
October 5 Ultrafast DNA Nanosensor A new type of sensor makes diagnosing infections quick and easy.
October 5 For N.I.H. Chief, Issues of Identity and Culture
October 2 We are getting closer to personalized treatment of cancer
October 2 At OSU Conference, Hood Touts Family Sequencing as Way Forward for Personal Genomics
October 2 NIH to Fund Resource Centers for Basic Aging Biology
October 1 Personalized Medicine Expert: Don't 'Fix It,''Predict It'
October 1 NHLBI Grants $64.5M for Exome Sequencing Project
October 1 Three Amendments On Comparative Effectiveness Research Fail During Finance Committee Markup
October 1 Human Proteome Project Revisited at HUPO; Methodology, Funding, Data Management Still Open Questions
October 1 Human Proteome Project Revisited at HUPO; Methodology, Funding, Data Management Still Open Questions
October 1 Companion Diagnostics Take Off
September 2009
September 30 Obama announces $5 billion for new medical research
September 30 What's In a Name? Experts Question Bill Calling DTC Genomics 'Post-CLIA Bioinformatics Services'
September 29 OSU Med Center joins trial of genetic-based, personalized care
September 27 Gene therapy raises hope for sickle-cell anemia cure
September 25 Scientists creating 3-D, genetic images of cancer
September 25 International Team Applies Comparative Genomics to Hospital Acquired Infection-Causing Bacteria
September 25 A cancerous melody
September 25 A cancerous melody
September 24 Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Starts DNA Bank
September 24 Dimmer-switch Drugs
September 23 New Gene-Targeted Drug offers hope in skin cancer
September 23 Researchers Find Genetic Clues to India's Population History
September 22 The American Society of Human Genetics Announces Press Briefing Sessions & Webcasts Presented at 59th Annual Meeting
September 19 What's the Future of Array-Based GWAS? Sequencing Tech, Study Design, Funding To Impact Growth
September 17 Zakaria and Meyerson: How to Fix Health IT
September 14 Tests for Roche's Herceptin often lacking -study
September 9 Lung Cancer Trials Advance EGFR-Testing Hypothesis for Iressa and Tarceva, Though Questions Remain
September 9 Q&A: Pfizer's Dx Division Head Discusses Pharma Giant's Focus on Personalized Medicine
September 9 Fear of Losing Insurance Deters Genetic Testing for Bowel Cancer, Aussie Study Finds
September 6 Newly Identified Alzheimer’s Genes Widen Route to Treatments
September 3 A Shot at Cancer
September 2 DxS to Team with BMS, ImClone on Erbitux Dx
September 2 Institute of Medicine Outlines Priorities for CER (subscription)
September 1 Dabigatran Scores Big Over Warfarin In Atrial Fibrillation Patients
September 1 Getting Personal: Tests for inherited health risks may soon cost nothing. But who will actually benefit from them?
September 1 NIH-Led Team IDs Mutations That May Improve Skin Cancer Treatment
August 2009
August 31 Buyer Beware of Home DNA Tests
August 30 'Cancer hope' from WWII-era drug
August 28 Abbott, Pfizer Partner on Companion Dx for Cancer Drug
August 27 Plavix Pharmacogenomics: To Test or Not to Test?
August 26 Association of Cytochrome P450 2C19 Genotype With the Antiplatelet Effect and Clinical Efficacy of Clopidogrel Therapy
August 25 Enlisting Computers to Unravel the True Complexity of Disease
August 24 Research Trove: Patients’ Online Data
August 23 Personalized Rx therapy: Good possibilities hampered by lengthy trials
August 23 New NIH director wants practical focus
August 20 Paging Dr. Reform
August 19 NIH/CDC Group Publish Recommendations for Advancing Personal Genomics
August 19 Medco's Observational Studies May Provide Blueprint for Dx Evidentiary Methods Beyond RCTs
August 19 Tests help lung cancer drugs reach right patients
August 19 NIH to Fund Studies on Role of Genes, Social Environment in Aging
August 18 Diabetes Case Shows Pitfalls of Treatment Rules
August 18 New NIH Chief Sees 'Bold,' Practical Agenda
August 18 Explaining Sequencing: Working towards a $1,000 Genome
August 17 Tests Begin on Drugs That May Slow Aging
August 11 Good or Bad, These Patients Want to Know
August 10 Urine test 'predicts' best drugs
August 10 Cost of Decoding a Genome Is Lowered
August 10 Tiny Cell Antennas Get Respect for Role in Brain Health, Cancer
August 9 BIOTECH: Cancer, stem cells linked in Salk study
August 7 Wisconsin Hospitals to Offer Celera's Cardiovascular Genetic Test
August 6 Genetic test detects infections before symptoms appear
August 6 WashU Team Publishes Second AML Genome
August 5 CMS Will Cover Warfarin Gene Tests In Clinical Trials, But That's It (subscription required)
August 5 In China, DNA tests on kids ID genetic gifts, careers
August 4 Discovery of epilepsy gene paves way for more effective treatments
August 3 To download a copy of the pharmacogenomics study click here
August 3 First Gene Test for Side Effects May Revive Novartis Pain Pill
August 3 Growing Your Clinical PGx Lab With Gear, Politics, and Sex
August 3 New Study Shows that Pharmacogenomics Could Benefit Patients, Spur Investment in Innovation
August 3 Rare athlete deaths spur sickle cell trait testing
August 3 BJ's backs new cancer lab at Beth Israel
August 2 Experts find new targets to stop breast cancer
July 2009
July 31 Personalized Medicine Is Coming: Are You Ready? (Do You Need to Be?)
July 30 Covance, Merck strike genomic services deal
July 30 Personalized Medicine May Lead to More Mergers
July 30 NHS Starts Pilot Program to Increase Doctors' Genetics Knowledge
July 28 Team Finds Few Abnormalities in AML Genomes
July 24 An unusual collection: A brain tumor tissue bank
July 24 FDA Authorizes Use of Another Swine Flu Test
July 23 LabCorp Posts 3.6-Percent Rise in Q2 Revenue, Plans to ‘Advance’ Its ‘Personalized Medicine’ Play
July 22 New NIH Leader Backs Personalized Medicine
July 22 A Future in Baseball, Hinging on DNA
July 22 Clinical Pharmacologists Warn of DTC Genomics Backlash on PGx
July 22 Biomarkers Show Promise for Classifying Those at Alzheimer's Risk
July 21 Quest Says ‘Focus on Esoteric, Gene-Based Testing’ Helped Q2 Revenue Rise 3.5 Percent
July 21 Technique might lead to new treatment for heart attacks
July 20 DNA may differ between tissues
July 20 FDA Adds KRAS Testing Info to Vectibix, Erbitux Labels
July 17 SNPs in Non-Cancerous Tissue May Differ From Those In Blood, Study Finds
July 16 Genetics of BP in African-Americans Identified
July 16 Coping with Bad Genetic News
July 15 Q&A: CDC's Khoury Discusses GAPPNet's Strategy to Drive Adoption of Personalized Medicine
July 15 Alzheimer's gene speeds memory declines before 60
July 15 Personalized Genomic Medicine: Are We and Our Doctors Ready?
July 15 New DTC Genetics Firm Pathway Genomics Launches
July 14 Diagnosing a Personalized Partnership
July 13 Sequencing a Genome a Week
July 13 New Alzheimer's Gene Is Pinpointed
July 10 Incoming UCSF chancellor gets personal
July 10 Online gene testers propose their own regulations
July 9 Collins Nominated to Lead NIH
July 9 FDA Clears Osmetech’s Cystic Fibrosis Test
July 8 Madison company generates stem cells from blood
July 8 Comparative-effectiveness reports set high bar
July 8 Scientists lay out gene map of Korean male
July 8 PGx Advocates View Federal Comparative Effectiveness Report as Boost for Personalized Healthcare
July 8 Geneticist Francis Collins Nominated to Head NIH
July 7 Genetic Tests Should be Registered, GPPC Recommends
July 6 Jeffery A. Schloss: The 'Unsung Hero' of the Human Genome Project
July 6 Personalized Medicine Moves Beyond Cancer, Entering Heart Care and More
July 4 AMP Outlines Principles for Health Care Reform
July 3 Genome-Wide Screen Turns Up Primate-Specific Genes
July 2 Bioethicists Call For Heightened Oversight of Genetic Ancestry Testing
July 2 IOM Report Lists Comparative Effectiveness Priorities
July 1 Healthcare Reform: What’s at Stake for Labs?
July 1 The Case for Personalized Medicine
July 1 Study Suggests Online Genetic Test May Help Smokers Quit
July 1 Biomarkers Take Center Stage
July 1 High Hopes for a New Kind of Gene
July 1 Gene clues to schizophrenia risk
June 2009
June 30 Elaine Mardis and Richard Wilson: Taking Cancer's Genetic Measure
June 30 Cost-Effectiveness of Cancer Drugs Is Questioned
June 30 HHS Report Urges Personalized Medicine in CER
June 30 Denver's Rose Center First In State to Offer Genetic Test
June 30 Team IDs Copy Number Changes In AML Genomes
June 30 Elizabeth Blackburn: Ordering Cancer Cells to Curl Up and Die
June 30 Panel Suggests U.S. Medical Priorities
June 29 Discovery Points to Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
June 29 Your Genes Aren’t Covered for That
June 29 BloodCenter develops new test to fight leukemia
June 27 A Doctor’s Vision of the Future of Medicine
June 27 The Gene Puzzle
June 26 VICC research efforts highlighted at annual cancer conference
June 25 Protein Biomarker May Lead to Urine-based Test for Childhood Appendicitis
June 24 New cancer drug 'shows promise'
June 24 Team Finds New Cancer Gene Fusions Using Paired End Sequencing
June 24 Genetic Alliance Asks FDA for Public Genetic Test Registry
June 24 Health Care: A Cost-Saving Myth
June 24 Privacy Groups Challenge Calif. Bill Pushing Regulatory Exemptions for 'Post-CLIA Bioinformatics Services'
June 24 For Kids With Leukemia, Radiation May Be Safe to Skip
June 23 New Molecular Test for Treatment of Colon Cancer
June 23 Talking Personal Genomics
June 23 Talking Personal Genomics
June 23 Viollier to Offer Epigenomics' Colorectal Cancer Test
June 23 LabCorp to Acquire Monogram Biosciences for $107M
June 23 DNA Jettisoned From Lamprey Genome During Development
June 22 Researchers Find Genetic Markers to Help Fight Diabetes
June 22 Among Many Peoples, Little Genomic Variety
June 20 Nobel laureate calls for more research in personalised medicine
June 19 A Genetic Link Between Anorexia and Autism?
June 19 IU Licenses Breast Cancer Biomarker to Clarient
June 19 An Orchestra In Need Of A Conductor
June 19 Novartis Scores Big Hit on Small Market With Gene-Based Medicine
June 18 New Comparative Effectiveness Bill Enhances Dx, Genomics Focus
June 18 TGen's Center for Proteomics Set to Open in August as Part of Initiative to Hasten Personalized Medicine
June 18 Dutch-US Research Team IDs Putative Protein Profile of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer
June 17 Q&A: Boyd Discusses How Fox Chase Plans to 'Operationalize' Personalized Medicine
June 17 Physician Use of AJCC TNM Staging
June 17 FDA Updates Plavix Label with PGx Data, but Does Not Provide Dosing Recommendations
June 17 Study: 'Depression Gene' Doesn't Predict the Blues
June 17 CDC Offers Guidelines for Molecular Genetic Testing
June 16 Hope for test to measure ageing
June 16 Obama's Health Plan: What Matters the Most is Missing
June 16 Francis Collins "upbeat" about impact of common disease genetics
June 16 Obama Assures AMA That CER Will Offer Information, Not “Dictate” Medical Choices (subscription required)
June 16 The Behavior Gap
June 16 TGen and USC researchers find genetic markers to help fight diabetes
June 16 Illumina Launches Personal Genome-Sequencing Service Using Genome Analyzer II
June 15 Personalized medicine: An interview with Esther Dyson
June 14 Key Gene Identified in Deadliest Breast Cancer
June 14 New era of gene-based personalized medicine dawning
June 13 An Interview With Henry Wagner, M.D.
June 12 Vancouver doctors, scientists recognized for breakthrough cancer discovery
June 12 How Personalized Medicine Is Transforming Healthcare
June 12 Mass. biotechs bet on personalized medicine
June 11 DNA key to personalized medicine
June 11 Life sciences: One size does not fit all
June 10 Senate Legislation Would Streamline Complex Test Billing
June 8 New sensor to speed genome sequencing
June 6 Medicine as business is bad for patients and doctors
May 2009
May 31 Cancer Drugs: Herceptin News and More
May 28 The Next Big Thing: Personalized Medicine
May 27 What's the Point in Patenting Genes?
May 27 Univ. North Carolina, IBM Team Up For Research, Personalized Care
May 26 The FDA as a Public Health Agency
May 26 Is Personalized Medicine Making Major Strides or Taking Baby Steps?
May 21 The Future of Healthcare: Personalized Medicine
May 17 Time is key in Alzheimer’s research
May 15 New Test Aids Prognosis for Colon-Cancer Patients
May 13 Do DNA patents spur science or stifle it? Both
May 8 Life Science Technologies: Molecular Diagnostics: Personalizing Personalized Medicine
May 7 NEJM Articles Address Comparative-Effectiveness Research
May 5 CMS Rejects Medicare Payment for Genetic-Based Warfarin Dosing
May 5 Report: Financial Crisis could reshape biotech
April 2009
April 29 DNA Barcoding Employed In Effort to Halt Tropical Disease Spread
April 27 Genetic variants tied to stroke risk
April 23 Want Your Genome Sequenced? Got $68,000? Try Your Luck on E-Bay!
April 21 The Extraordinary Challenges and Opportunities Facing Cancer Research
April 20 Molecular Profiling Seen Helpful in Patients with Metastatic Cancers
April 16 What to Do With the GWAS
April 15 PGx Tools May Help Reassess Comparative Rx Effectiveness, PMC Official Tells Federal Council
April 15 More Work Needed to Standardize Consumer Genomics Offerings, Top US Health Official Says
April 15 “GPS” for Health Care: Washington needs to understand the promise of gene-based treatment
April 14 Research Grants Include I.T. Projects
April 11 Designer drugs
April 9 Altered gene increases schizophrenia risk
April 8 Era of personalised medicine awaits
April 6 Personalized Medicine Is Growing, but Health Plans Need Policies for Coverage
April 3 Personalized medicine arrives for patients with colorectal cancer: Deal with it
April 1 Senate Considering Personalized Medicine in Budget
April 1 'Tech-Savvy' Patient Base Enabled Calif. Hospital to Begin Offering Genetic Screening Service
March 2009
March 31 Public health IT grant seekers flood CDC program
March 27 We need to move beyond one-size-fits-all medicine
March 27 El Camino Hospital in Mountain View opens genomics center
March 27 Public Comments Requested on First Value Case for Clinical Research
March 26 Comparative Effectiveness Research Begins with $1B from Stimulus
March 25 Large UK GWAS Underscores Impact of CYP2C9, VKORC1, New SNP in Warfarin-Dosing Variability
March 25 Autism Studies Reap $57M in New Stimulus Grants
March 23 Hunting tailored care for advanced prostate cancer
March 20 Personalized Medicine for Colon Cancer: New discovery helps doctors accurately predict which patients will be helped by certain drugs
March 20 “Wise Policy” Needed To Link Comparative Effectiveness with Individualized Medicine
March 19 Framingham Heart Study Adds Proteomics, Pens CRADA with BG Medicine for Biomarker Discovery
March 19 Stanford study: Heart bypass surgery vs. angioplasty depends on age, diabetes status
March 18 FDA: Pharmacies Will Change Dramatically by 2019
March 16 Obama's $2 trillion reality
March 12 As Long as It's Bad for Disease
March 12 'Personalized' Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error in Gene for Inherited Pancreatic Cancer
March 11 Healthcare Stakeholders Pushing for Pharmacogenomics to Guide Comparative Effectiveness Reviews
March 11 Google Co-Founder Backs Vast Parkinson’s Study
March 10 A genome's home: Genomics and health care reform
March 9 Writer Transforms Into Scientific Experiment
March 6 What price health? When it comes to health care, the balance between cost and effectiveness is a difficult one to strike
March 6 Mass General Starts Personalized Cancer Program
March 5 It’s Good to Get Personal—With Your Doctor
March 4 Moving nation from sick care toward wellness care
March 2 Mayo Clinic CEO: personalization key to fixing healthcare system
March 1 Francis Collins Addresses State of Personalized Medicine
February 2009
February 25 Study Aims to Personalize Disease Care
February 25 British company could deeply cut DNA scans' cost
February 17 Research Intensifies Toward Personalized Cancer Treatment
February 12 Q&A with DR. David Sidransky on Personalized Medicine
February 9 I'm Battling Cancer. How About Some Help, Congress?
February 6 Promising New Thyroid Cancer Treatments Target Molecular Pathways (subscription required)
February 5 Healthy Balance: Electronic medical records are here to stay, but privacy, cost and user-friendliness remain concerns
February 2 Benefit of genetic testing before blood-thinning therapy studied
January 2009
January 13 Surgeon General’s New Family Health History Tool Is Released, Ready for “21st Century Medicine”
January 13 Genome Studies Yield Insights into Childhood Leukemia
January 13 Researchers Zero In on GI Cancers
January 7 SNP Combos in Three CYP450 Genes Affect Psychotropic Response
January 7 New C-Path Group Aims to Smooth FDA-Industry Interaction Over Dx
January 2 NIST Calls Personalized Medicine a "Critical National Need," Seeks Advice for New Funding Programs
January 1 ASHG Launches Family Health History PSA Campaign in Washington, D.C.

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