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Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine: the plunge into next-generation sequencing
Mia
Wadelius,
Ana
Alfirevic
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:78 (28 December 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Mia Wadelius and Ana Alfirevic present highlights from the Cold Spring Harbor and the Wellcome Trust 2011 meeting on 'Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine'.
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Pharmacogenetics in type 2 diabetes: potential implications for clinical practice
Chunmei
Huang,
Jose
C
Florez
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:76 (29 November 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Chunmei Huang and Jose Florez review recent insights into type 2 diabetes that are emerging from pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic studies, and discuss the potential for clinical translation.
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Predicting the pathogenesis of influenza from genomic response: a step toward early diagnosis
Eric
Bortz,
Adolfo
GarcĂa-Sastre
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:67 (24 October 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Bortz and Garcia-Sastre highlight recent insights into the molecular events underlying host response to influenza virus that could allow early prediction of symptomatic or asymptomatic infection.
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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)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed | Cited on BioMed Central
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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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Identification of improved IL28B SNPs and haplotypes for prediction of drug response in treatment of hepatitis C using massively parallel sequencing in a cross-sectional European cohort
Katherine
R
Smith,
Vijayaprakash
Suppiah,
Kate
O'Connor,
Thomas
Berg,
Martin
Weltman,
Maria
Abate,
Ulrich
Spengler,
Margaret
Bassendine,
Gail
Matthews,
William
L
Irving,
Elizabeth
Powell,
Stephen
Riordan,
Golo
Ahlenstiel,
Graeme
J
Stewart,
Melanie
Bahlo,
Jacob
George,
David
R
Booth,
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:57 (31 August 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Novel variants in the IL28B gene region, which predict lack of response to conventional treatment of hepatitis C virus, are identified through massively parallel sequencing using pooled DNA.
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Genetics and genomics of radiotherapy toxicity: towards prediction
Catharine
M
West,
Gillian
C
Barnett
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:52 (23 August 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Catharine West and Gillian Barnett review the latest advances in radiotherapy and the recent genome-wide studies that have identified genetic variants linked to radiotoxicity.
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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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Editor’s summary
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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Personalizing carbamazepine therapy
Taisei
Mushiroda,
Yusuke
Nakamura
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:28 (30 May 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Mushiroda and Nakamura highlight recent studies that could facilitate the development of genetic tests to predict individuals at risk for serious adverse reactions to carbamazepine.
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Predicting treatment outcome in classical Hodgkin lymphoma: genomic advances
Enrico
Derenzini,
Anas
Younes
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:26 (28 April 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Derenzini and Younes review advances in genomic technologies that have allowed the identification of new biomarkers for predicting disease and treatment outcome in classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
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The challenges and hopes of personalized cancer medicine
Wa
Xian,
Frank
McKeon
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:22 (19 April 2011)
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Editor’s summary
A report on the Genome Institute of Singapore and the Fritz Bender Stiftung joint meeting on 'Personalized Cancer Medicine: Towards Individualized Cancer Treatments', Singapore, 21-23 February 2011.
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Stem cells in drug discovery, regenerative medicine and cancer
C Bart
Rountree
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:15 (14 March 2011)
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Editor’s summary
A report on the Stem Cells World Congress held in San Diego, USA, 24-25 January 2011
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Prospects for personalizing antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus with pharmacogenetics
John
E
Tavis,
Maureen
J
Donlin,
Rajeev
Aurora,
Xiaofeng
Fan,
Adrian
M
Di Bisceglie
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:8 (8 February 2011)
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Editor’s summary
Antiviral therapy for hepatitis C will change dramatically in the near future as our understanding of how host and viral genetic variation affect the treatment outcome improves.
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Genome Medicine: past, present and future
Charles
Auffray,
Timothy
Caulfield,
Muin
J
Khoury,
James
R
Lupski,
Matthias
Schwab,
Timothy
Veenstra
Genome Medicine 2011, 3:6 (31 January 2011)
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Editor’s summary
As Genome Medicine reaches its second anniversary, our Section Editors identify the most exciting recent breakthroughs and offer their opinions on what the future of genomic medicine might hold.
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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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Editor’s summary
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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Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics: practical applications in routine medical practice
Anke-Hilse
Maitland-van der Zee,
Ana
Alfirevic
Genome Medicine 2010, 2:69 (21 September 2010)
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Pharmacogenomic considerations in the opioid management of pain
Paul
J
Jannetto,
Nancy
C
Bratanow
Genome Medicine 2010, 2:66 (15 September 2010)
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Editor’s summary
Pharmacogenomics can lead to more efficient opioid selection to minimize adverse drug reactions and improve patient outcome.
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Pharmacogenomic insights into treatment and management of statin-induced myopathy
Bas
JM
Peters,
Olaf
H
Klungel,
Frank
L
Visseren,
Anthonius
de Boer,
Anke-Hilse
Maitland-van der Zee
Genome Medicine 2009, 1:120 (29 December 2009)
Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed
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Editor’s summary
Genotyping in patients suffering from statin-induced myopathy may help to personalize the choice of statin by reducing the chance of developing this rare but serious side-effect.
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