Conference
Schedule (pdf)
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Biology.
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The
right drug
At the right dose
For the right patient
At the right time
Personalized
medicine
The time
is now.
Sponsors:
Kenneth and Pamela Fong
of KENSON Ventures LLC
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Personalized Medicine—It Will Change Your Life
An exciting,
one-day conference and networking opportunity for scientists,
educators, and health & industry professionals.
Personalized Medicine—It Will Change Your Life
focuses on the perspectives of biotechnology, investment, academic,
diagnostic, and nonprofit and corporate research leaders with an
emphasis on how the evolving landscape is changing medical care and
preventive medicine. The past few years have witnessed a revolution in
the understanding of health and disease, engendered by the sequencing
of the human genome. Personalized medicine hopes to use genetic
variation to develop new diagnostic tests and treatments and to
identify the sub-groups of patients for whom they will work best.
Personalized medicine can also help determine which groups of patients
are more prone to developing some diseases and, ideally, help with the
selection of lifestyle changes and/or treatments that can delay onset
of a disease or reduce its impact. Personalized medicine is poised to
transform healthcare over the next several decades. New diagnostic and
prognostic tools will increase our ability to predict the likely
outcomes of drug therapy, while the expanded use of
biomarkers—biological molecules that indicate a particular disease
state—could result in more focused and targeted drug development.
Personalized medicine offers the possibility of improved health
outcomes and has the potential to make healthcare more cost-effective.
Panel discussions led by Bay
Area research, biotechnology, investment, academic, and diagnostic
leaders from 23andMe, BayBio, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.,
Burrill & Company, Celera, Genentech, Monogram Biosciences, UCSF,
and more.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Jack Adams Hall
Cesar Chavez Student Center, Terrace Level
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA
Harvesting the fruits
of molecular genetics for a Third Millennium medicine
Unleashing the power of preventive medicine
Stratifying human disease
Personalized Medicine – the time is right.
Register
early! Seating is limited.
General
public:
$249 on or before May 23
Special offer for BayBio and San
Jose BioCenter members: $200 on or
before May 23
After May 23:
$295 general registration
To register online with Visa or MasterCard,
For further information or to sponsor this event,
please contact:
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