
It has been an impactful year of genomic and multi-omic research and scientific discoveries in Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. While much focus in 2021 was centered on advancing the knowledge of COVID-19, Mayo scientists and physicians have also worked to develop individualized treatments, prevention measures and diagnostics for patients with rare and undiagnosed diseases, cancer and other illnesses.
As a new year approaches, here's a look back at 10 of Mayo Clinic’s influential precision medicine research studies in 2021. Highlights include treating neurological diseases with gene therapy, predicting individualized treatments for depression and rheumatoid arthritis using artificial intelligence, diagnosing rare diseases by identifying genomic variants, and saving lives with exome sequencing.
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