PGDx(美國)

Personal Genome Diagnostics

PGDxPersonalGenomeDiagnosticswww.personalgenome.com成立于2010年Understandingthegeneticsequenceofindividualpatientsisbecominganimportantfeatureofmedicalcare.Thisisparticularlytrueincancer,wheretheaccumulat ionofgeneticalterationsinthetumorrepresentsauniversalfeatureofthedisease.Untilnow,theabilitytousegeneticalterationsforcancerresearchandtreatmenthasbeenlimitedbythecomplexityofsuchalterationsandthetechnicalchallengesofidentifyingthesealterationsinindividualpatients.Thedevelopmentofnewanalytictechnologiesandgrowingavailabilityoftargetedtherapiesarecreatingtheopportunitytoexploitthesegeneticalterationstoimprovecancerdiagnosisandtreatment.ThefoundersofPersonalGenomeDiagnostics(PGDx)atJohnsHopkinsUniversityareinternationalleadersincancergeneticswhowerethefirsttoperformgenome-widesequenceanalysesofhumancancer.Overthepast25years,