Euan Ashley, professor of medicine and genetics, tells the stories of his patients with rare or mystery diseases through his new book, The Genome Odyssey.
Tag: genomics
Concussion: Could your genes increase your risk?
Stanford scientists have found two genes associated with concussion. Screening football players and military might identify those at higher risk.
Social-network-like gene connections identified in heart failure
As a freshly minted undergraduate, Kristin Reese had a strange side hustle. With her trusty ice chest, Reese helped collect donor hearts for a research …
Database allows physicians to tailor prescriptions to complement an individual’s genome
Stanford's Russ Altman discussed the pharmgkb.org database — which matches genomes with medication information — at the recent Beckman Symposium on campus.
Personal proteins: Assembling a “‘complete parts list’ of the human body”
Geneticist Michael Snyder, PhD, is on the forefront of a global effort to catalog -- and investigate -- the presence and activities of proteins in …
Ethiopian gene offers potential help for hypoxia
Gene therapies have been developed for color blindness, Parkinson's, SCID, and muscular dystrophy, among others. Now there soon could be another to add to the list: hypoxia, …
Big Data in Biomedicine panelists: Genomics’ future is bright, thanks to data-science tools
Stanford's annual Big Data in Biomedicine began this morning with a "breathtaking set of talks," as described by Russ Altman, MD, PhD, a Stanford professor of bioengineering, genetics …
Big Data in Biomedicine conference kicks off today
The third annual Big Data in Biomedicine conference kicks off today on the Stanford campus. The three-day event brings together thought leaders from academia, information …
Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: Leveraging big data technology to advance genomics
video platform video management video solutionsvideo player During last year's Big Data in Biomedicine conference, David Glazer, director of engineering at Google, described how the …