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Pharmacogenetic testing affects choice of therapy among women considering tamoxifen treatment
Wendy Lorizio, Hope Rugo, Mary S Beattie, Simone Tchu, Teri Melese, Michelle Melisko, Alan HB Wu, H Jeffrey Lawrence, Michele Nikoloff, Elad Ziv Genome Medicine 2011, 3:64 (4 October 2011)
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Editor’s summary
The choice of medication for breast cancer patients was changed after CYP2D6 genotyping, demonstrating for the first time that pharmacogenetics can shape clinical treatment decisions.
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Transcriptome instability in colorectal cancer identified by exon microarray analyses: Associations with splicing factor expression levels and patient survival
Anita Sveen, Trude H Ågesen, Arild Nesbakken, Torleiv O Rognum, Ragnhild A Lothe, Rolf I Skotheim Genome Medicine 2011, 3:32 (27 May 2011)
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Exon microarray analyses of colorectal cancer tissues reveal different relative levels of transcriptome instability with associations with splicing factor expression and patient prognosis.
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Systems medicine and integrated care to combat chronic noncommunicable diseases
Jean Bousquet, Josep M Anto, Peter J Sterk, Ian M Adcock, Kian Chung, Josep Roca, Alvar Agusti, Chris Brightling, Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Alfredo Cesario, Sonia Abdelhak, Stylianos E Antonarakis, Antoine Avignon, Andrea Ballabio, Eugenio Baraldi, Alexander Baranov, Thomas Bieber, Joël Bockaert, Samir Brahmachari, Christian Brambilla, Jacques Bringer, Michel Dauzat, Ingemar Ernberg, Leonardo Fabbri, Philippe Froguel, David Galas, Takashi Gojobori, Peter Hunter, Christian Jorgensen, Francine Kauffmann et al.
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:43 (6 July 2011)
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A holistic and patient-centered strategy for tackling non-communicable diseases is proposed, based on the principles of predictive, preventive, personalized and participatory (P4) medicine.
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Metabolomics of human breast cancer: new approaches for tumor typing and biomarker discovery
Carsten Denkert, Elmar Bucher, Mika Hilvo, Reza Salek, Matej Orešič, Julian Griffin, Scarlet Brockmöller, Frederick Klauschen, Sibylle Loibl, Dinesh Barupal, Jan Budczies, Kristiina Iljin, Valentina Nekljudova, Oliver Fiehn Genome Medicine 2012, 4:37 (30 April 2012)
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Denkert et al. review recent work showing that integrated metabolomic analyses can provide information on the stage, subtype and grade of breast tumors and give mechanistic insights into breast cancer.
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Health care providers and direct-to-consumer access and advertising of genetic testing in the United States
Melanie F Myers Genome Medicine 2011, 3:81 (28 December 2011)
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Melanie Myers reviews the impact of advertising and selling of genetic testing direct to consumers on health care providers and asks whether providers are ready to deal with this issue.
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Biomarkers in solid organ transplantation: establishing personalized transplantation medicine
Silke Roedder, Matthew Vitalone, Purvesh Khatri, Minnie M Sarwal Genome Medicine 2011, 3:37 (8 June 2011)
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Minnie Sarwal and colleagues review the rocky road to regulatory approval in the search for biomarkers for organ transplants that will help predict the chances of success and increase graft survival.
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Genome-wide association studies with metabolomics
Jerzy Adamski Genome Medicine 2012, 4:34 (30 April 2012)
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Jerzy Adamski discusses the limitations of genome-wide association studies and presents examples of how metabolomics can overcome these limitations, focusing on metabolic diseases.
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Open science versus commercialization: a modern research conflict?
Timothy Caulfield, Shawn HE Harmon, Yann Joly Genome Medicine 2012, 4:17 (27 February 2012)
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University researchers, particularly in genomics, are being asked to both commercialize their research and to disseminate it quickly through an open science model. Are these instructions in conflict?
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Differential effects of dietary supplements on metabolomic profile of smokers versus non-smokers
Robert C Spitale, Michelle Y Cheng, Kimberly A Chun, Emily S Gorell, Claudia A Munoz, Dale G Kern, Steve M Wood, Helen E Knaggs, Jacob Wulff, Kirk D Beebe, Anne Lynn S Chang Genome Medicine 2012, 4:14 (23 February 2012)
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A study of the effects of antioxidant dietary supplementation
on the metabolomes and the skin of smokers and non-smokers suggests that antioxidants may be of more benefit to smokers.
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From hepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma: a proposed model for cross-talk between inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms
Marion Martin, Zdenko Herceg Genome Medicine 2012, 4:8 (31 January 2012)
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Marion Martin and Zdenko Herceg discuss how cross-talk between inflammation and epigenetic mechanisms might be involved in the development of liver cancer.
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Emerging patterns of genetic overlap across autoimmune disorders
Corinne Richard-Miceli, Lindsey A Criswell Genome Medicine 2012, 4:6 (27 January 2012)
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Lindsey Criswell and Corinne Richard-Miceli review risk loci that are shared among autoimmune disorders and how this information might help to explain common disease mechanisms.
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Metabolomics: the final frontier?
Timothy D Veenstra Genome Medicine 2012, 4:40 (30 April 2012)
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Timothy Veenstra introduces Genome Medicine's special issue on metabolomics of disease, and discusses the impact and opportunities presented by metabolomics, the final piece of the omics puzzle.
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Tackling Ebola: new insights into prophylactic and therapeutic intervention strategies
Emmie de Wit, Heinz Feldmann, Vincent J Munster Genome Medicine 2011, 3:5 (27 January 2011)
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There is currently no effective treatment for human Ebolavirus infection, but research into vaccines and antiviral and antisense therapies in non-human primates is showing promise.
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Recycling side-effects into clinical markers for drug repositioning
Miquel Duran-Frigola, Patrick Aloy Genome Medicine 2012, 4:3 (27 January 2012)
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Miquel Duran-Frigola and Patrick Aloy discuss a new computational approach to systematically exploring novel potential applications of already marketed drugs in distinct therapeutic areas.
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Methods for the de-identification of electronic health records for genomic research
Khaled El Emam Genome Medicine 2011, 3:25 (27 April 2011)
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As electronic health records are increasingly used in research, Khaled El Emam reviews the need for effective de-identification methods to reduce the risk of re-identification for disclosed data.
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Looking back at genomic medicine in 2011
Charles Auffray, Timothy Caulfield, Muin J Khoury, James R Lupski, Matthias Schwab, Timothy Veenstra Genome Medicine 2012, 4:9 (30 January 2012)
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An editorial by our Section Editors provides their highlights of the past year and hints at likely future developments in genomic medicine.
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Future medical applications of single-cell sequencing in cancer
Nicholas Navin, James Hicks Genome Medicine 2011, 3:31 (31 May 2011)
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Navin and Hicks provide an overview of recent methods for sequencing in single cells and discuss how this approach will be useful for detection of copy number variation for improving cancer outcomes.
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Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease
James M Kinross, Ara W Darzi, Jeremy K Nicholson Genome Medicine 2011, 3:14 (4 March 2011)
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The gut microbiome plays an important role in human disease and further understanding microbiome activity is crucial for the development of future personalized treatment strategies.
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Systems-level analysis of age-related macular degeneration reveals global biomarkers and phenotype-specific functional networks
Aaron M Newman, Natasha B Gallo, Lisa S Hancox, Norma J Miller, Carolyn M Radeke, Michelle A Maloney, James B Cooper, Gregory S Hageman, Don H Anderson, Lincoln V Johnson, Monte J Radeke Genome Medicine 2012, 4:16 (24 February 2012)
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Comparative transcriptome profiling of eye specimens, integrated with functionally enriched protein network analysis reveals candidate drug targets for treating age-related macular degeneration.
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Metabolome in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: a general population-based study
Matej Orešič, Jing Tang, Tuulikki Seppänen-Laakso, Ismo Mattila, Suoma E Saarni, Samuli I Saarni, Jouko Lönnqvist, Marko Sysi-Aho, Tuulia Hyötyläinen, Jonna Perälä, Jaana Suvisaari Genome Medicine 2011, 3:19 (23 March 2011)
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A population-based metabolomics study in Finland reveals disease-specific metabolic abnormalities associated with schizophrenia, compared with other psychotic disorders.
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Genome Medicine: stem cells, genomics and translational research
Stuart H Orkin Genome Medicine 2011, 3:34 (7 June 2011)
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An editorial by Guest Editor Stuart Orkin introduces this new series of articles, highlighting progress in genomic-scale studies of stem cells and cellular reprogramming that could impact medicine.
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Why have protein biomarkers not reached the clinic?
Samir M Hanash Genome Medicine 2011, 3:66 (26 October 2011)
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Samir Hanash reflects on the reasons why there is a paucity of approved biomarkers for use in clinics, despite substantial advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of disease.
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Integrating post-genomic approaches as a strategy to advance our understanding of health and disease
Jing Tang, Chong Tan, Matej Oresic, Antonio Vidal-Puig Genome Medicine 2009, 1:35 (30 March 2009)
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While the challenges of integrating very different types of data and perspectives of disease into a global model suitable for dissecting disease mechanisms and predicting therapeutic strategies are great, models based upon multiple datasets will become the basis that drives future research.
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Mobile elements in the human genome: implications for disease
Szilvia Solyom, Haig H Kazazian Genome Medicine 2012, 4:12 (24 February 2012)
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With genome-scale technologies now allowing studies of mobile DNA elements in unprecedented detail, Solyom and Kazazian discuss the potential impact of recent findings for medicine.
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Combining DNA-microarray data in systemic lupus erythematosus
Cornelis L Verweij, Saskia Vosslamber Genome Medicine 2011, 3:30 (31 May 2011)
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Verweij and Vosslamber discuss a new DNA-microrray meta-analysis approach that has identified genes and processes relevant to systemic lupus erythematosus, recently published in BMC Medicine.
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