Search Tag: Genomics

IMAGING Management

Nci-match-largest-precision-medicine-cancer-trial

2020 19 Oct

Five years ago, the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) and National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, jointly launched the NCI-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH or EAY131), the largest precision medicine cancer trial to date. The objective was to match genetic abnormalities driving patients'...Read more

IT Management

Blockchain-genomics-marketplace

2019 22 Jan

Dr. Axel Schumacher, who has worked in the field of genetics for more than 20 years, says humanity is witnessing the beginning of a greatly exciting era of precision medicine . Of note, he expects the cost of genome sequencing a person to continue its downward trend – with costs recently falling below the $1,000 dollar mark and soon hitting the...Read more