Mayo Clinic July 1, 2022
Measuring a long list of biomarkers with the help of wearables, lab testing, medical imaging, and genomic sequencing is the future of precision medicine. Creating these integrative personal omics profiles (iPOPs) has the potential to transform health care.
By John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform
If you’re old enough to remember a TV series called The Six Million Dollar Man, you probably recall his bionic enhancements, including various implants that gave him super-human speed, strength, and vision. The lead character in the series had been injured in a test flight accident, and the show’s premise was based on the notion: “We can rebuild him; we have the...