Medicine gets personal

01.19.10 | Author: Elisabeth Handler | Comment (0)

At #PMWC2010 personalized medicine conference.

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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