Pharmacy Practice News - Open Access to Genomics May Spur Myeloma Therapy

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-11-09

Summary:

"With the click of a mouse, doctors and researchers worldwide can now access clinical and genomic data for hundreds of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) believes this new database, called the Researcher Gateway, will revolutionize precision medicine for this challenging malignancy. Launched in late September, the freely available data set is a collaborative effort between the MMRF and academia, clinicians, industry and patients ... The clinical and genetic patient data that form the basis of the Researcher Gateway are provided by an ongoing clinical study, CoMMpass (Relating Clinical Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma to Personal Assessment of Genetic Profile), which is sponsored by the MMRF. The goal of CoMMpass, which began in 2011, is to classify 1,000 patients with MM by their molecular profiles and clinical characteristics ..."

Link:

http://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?a_id=24491&d=Clinical&d_id=50&i=November+2013&i_id=1013

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.lay oa.biomedicine oa.databases oa.genomics oa.mmrf

Date tagged:

11/09/2013, 09:11

Date published:

11/09/2013, 04:11