Medicine gets personal
January 19th, 2010 Posted by Elisabeth Handler Posted in Blog
We attended day one of an amazing event, the PMWC 2010 (Personalized Medicine World Conference) today. In just a couple of hours, we heard presentations from companies doing the following;
- building apps that turn your smart phone into a Personal Genome Assistant
- taking cancer marker tests right into the heart of actual cells
- creating algorithms that blend genetic analysis and lab tests to create cardiac treatment plans
- delivering an interactive map of individuals’ genomes
- genomic tests that can eliminate unnecessary visits to the cath lab
Most of the companies are based on the white-hot field of genomics, but some are marketing products around the globe, some are planning to be bought out before ever taking a product to market, some are barely past the conceptual stage and are looking for partners.
There is a new wind blowing in Silicon Valley, and conference co-hosts SilicomVentures and Stanford University Medical Center are showing the way with this first conference. The excitement is palpable, and I can’t wait for Day 2!
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