Mayo Clinic Plans to Sequence Patients' Genomes for Personalized Medicine

Dec 28, 2011, 09:50 AM by Michael Croft
The Guardian | The Mayo Clinic will launch a pilot study early next year to sequence the genomes of thousands of volunteers in a landmark project to personalize their medical care by allowing doctors to prescribe more effective drugs and other therapies.

December 28, 2011 | The Mayo Clinic will launch a pilot study early next year to sequence the genomes of thousands of patients in a landmark project to personalize their medical care. The information will help doctors prescribe more effective drugs and other therapies as part of an ambitious move towards an era of "proactive genomics" that puts genetic data at the heart of patient care. The Guardian