After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – and saving patients' lives.
ascopubs.org: Unique Features of a Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Panel: Expanding Treatment Options in a Value-Based Community Oncology Network
Unique Features of a Comprehensive Genomic Profiling Panel: Expanding Treatment Options in a Value-Based Community Oncology Network
USA Today: For Breast Cancer Patients, Genomic Tests Enable Personalized Treatment Options
The future of personalized medicine is rapidly becoming a reality, powered by advances in genetic testing and healthcare. Once limited to research labs, genetic insights are now transforming how ...
Genomics is evolving rapidly, and its potential impact for the future of human health cannot yet be known. Human genomics knowledge and technologies provide new ways to prevent and manage …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use and sharing of human genomic data. Created with guidance from the WHO …
Global genomic surveillance strategy for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential, 2022–2032 The Strategy provides a high-level unifying framework to leverage existing capacities, …
The objectives of this WHO EPI-WIN Webinar are to orient the public health community on the importance of RSV genomic surveillance and the technical and operational considerations for RSV …
The report, Human genomics technologies in clinical studies – the research landscape, together with an accompanying interactive dashboard provides the most comprehensive overview to …
This document describes attributes and operational principles of pathogen genomic data-sharing platforms to support effective, timely and equitable sharing of genomic data from pathogens with …
The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) is a global network of pathogen genomic actors, brought together by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, to …
The crucial role of effective genomic surveillanceWith the COVID-19 pandemic progressing, genomic surveillance, conducted in an efficient way, is essential to inform us of circulating viruses and …
To support countries in articulating their genomic surveillance strategy, WHO recently published “ Considerations for developing a national genomic surveillance strategy or action plan for …
Mpox: recombinant virus with genomic elements of clades Ib and IIb ...
Cure Today: Rapid Genomic Testing in Community Hospitals May Speed Up Cancer Treatment
On-site automated NGS using circulating tumor DNA enabled comprehensive genomic testing in ~27 hours, substantially shortening the interval between diagnosis and potential targeted-therapy selection.
Genomics is evolving rapidly, and its potential impact for the future of human health cannot yet be known. Human genomics knowledge and technologies provide new ways to prevent and manage many diseases, and opportunities to achieve global public health goals. Genomic knowledge of other organisms contributes to the understanding of human health and diseases, the interconnectedness across ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use and sharing of human genomic data. Created with guidance from the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Genomics (TAG-G) and other international experts, these principles establish a global approach to help protect individual rights, promote equity and foster responsible collaboration in ...
Global genomic surveillance strategy for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential, 2022–2032 The Strategy provides a high-level unifying framework to leverage existing capacities, address barriers and strengthen the use of genomic surveillance in the detection, monitoring and response to public health threats. Genomic surveillance is part of the broader surveillance and laboratory ...
The objectives of this WHO EPI-WIN Webinar are to orient the public health community on the importance of RSV genomic surveillance and the technical and operational considerations for RSV sequencing and bioinformatics, support in strengthening LMICs capacities for RSV genetic sequencing and bioinformatics, to better understand and monitor RSV phylogenetic diversity, and help standardize ...
Geneva, 2025 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new global analysis of human genomics in clinical research, covering more than three decades of studies registered between 1990 and 2024. The report, Human genomics technologies in clinical studies – the research landscape, together with an accompanying interactive dashboard provides the most comprehensive overview to date ...
The International Pathogen Surveillance Network (IPSN) is a global network of pathogen genomic actors, brought together by the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, to accelerate progress in pathogen genomics, and improve public health decision-making.
The crucial role of effective genomic surveillanceWith the COVID-19 pandemic progressing, genomic surveillance, conducted in an efficient way, is essential to inform us of circulating viruses and response measures required. The sequencing of representative samples continuously collected in a standardized approach from patients meeting influenza-like illness, acute respiratory infection, and ...
Genomic surveillance − monitoring the genetic makeup of pathogens that cause diseases − plays a key role in early warning systems for infectious diseases. It provides information on how pathogens are behaving and evolving, which helps to guide response measures and public health actions. Genomic sequencing has played a vital role in the investigation and management of disease outbreaks ...
Bridging the gap in genomics equity: WHO and partners collaborate to ...
To support countries in articulating their genomic surveillance strategy, WHO recently published “ Considerations for developing a national genomic surveillance strategy or action plan for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential ”. This step-by-step guide outlines key considerations and an approach for developing a national strategy.
This document describes attributes and operational principles of pathogen genomic data-sharing platforms to support effective, timely and equitable sharing of genomic data from pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential.
New data finds an experimental cancer treatment is showing major promise. Our team spoke with the first person to receive a personalized mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering, ...
Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and their colleagues are shedding new light on a tumor's earliest moments—revealing how lung cells with cancer-causing mutations recruit ...