Public release date: 23-Jul-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Tracie White traciew@stanford.edu 650-723-7628 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. Students who had their genome tested as part of a groundbreaking medical school course on personalized medicine improved their knowledge of the class materials by an average of 31 percent compared with those who didn't undergo the testing, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. While the sample size was small 23 students sent their saliva to a commercial genetics testing company; eight did not the results may encourage educators to consider this approach in the future, the authors said. "These results indicate that learning principles of human genetics is more powerful, and learning is more sustained, when exploring your own data," said Keyan Salari, MD, PhD, a former Stanford student who initially proposed the course, called "Genomics and Personalized Medicine." Salari, who is the lead author of the study, is now a urology resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The study will be published July 23 in PLOS ONE. The eight-week elective course was the first in the country to give students in advanced-degree programs the option of personal genotyping … Continue reading →

July 23, 2013 Students who had their genome tested as part of a groundbreaking medical school course on personalized medicine improved their knowledge of the class materials by an average of 31 percent compared with those who didn't undergo the testing, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. While the sample size was small -- 23 students sent their saliva to a commercial genetics testing company; eight did not -- the results may encourage educators to consider this approach in the future, the authors said. "These results indicate that learning principles of human genetics is more powerful, and learning is more sustained, when exploring your own data," said Keyan Salari, MD, PhD, a former Stanford student who initially proposed the course, called "Genomics and Personalized Medicine." Salari, who is the lead author of the study, is now a urology resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The study was published July 23 in PLOS ONE. The eight-week elective course was the first in the country to give students in advanced-degree programs the option of personal genotyping as part of the curriculum. It was designed to teach them how the explosion of knowledge about … Continue reading →

Arthritis Treatment Center What is Stem Cell Therapy http://www.arthritistreatmentcenter.com/what_stem_cell.html - This facts will truly surprise you and your family. By: Joseph Richardson … Continue reading →

LAST week, we discussed the potential of medical tourism in the country which will also provide opportunities for destinations like Baguio once tapped, and subject to competitive and international standards and government/ regulatory requirements. So much has been written and reported about Stem Cell Therapy including its extraordinary promises that research holds for the treatment of a wide range of diseases and conditions. This week, lets delve deeper. What is Stem Cell Therapy? Cell Therapy has been interchangeably called many names such as cellular therapy, fresh cell therapy, live cell therapy, glandular therapy, or xenograph or xenotransplant therapy. The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) describes stem cell therapy as a treatment that uses stem cells, or cells that come from stem cells, to replace or to repair a patients cells or tissues that are damaged. The stem cells might be put into the blood, or transplanted into the damaged tissue directly, or even recruited from the patients own tissues for self-repair. Stem Cells have been differentiated based on where in the body or what stage in development they come from. ISCCR has enumerated them as follows (source:www.isscr.org): 1. Adult Stem Cells or Tissue-specific Stem Cells. Many adult tissues … Continue reading →

Charmaine Chan and Rocio Ochoa - High School Stem Cell Research Interns Summer 2013, Part 2 Charmaine and Rocio are high school students doing stem cell research internships this summer. Their internships were funded by California's Stem Cell Agency... By: California Institute for Regenerative Medicine … Continue reading →