Anonymous donor gifts $525,000 for the Smith Family Clinic
Huntsville, Ala. — The HudsonAlpha Foundation has received a $525,000 donation from an anonymous donor to help support the new Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine. The Smith Family Clinic opened in November on the HudsonAlpha campus and is believed to be the first clinic in the world to use whole genome sequencing exclusively to
Madison County Commission donates $70,000 for Smith Family Clinic
Huntsville, Ala. — The Madison County Commission has given $100,000 to the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to support the Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine and the Institute’s genetic breast and ovarian cancer genetic risk program, Information is Power. “I am very proud to be associated with HudsonAlpha,” said Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong,
Possible first-ever genomic medicine diagnostic center opens: Fierce Biotech
Manys stories have covered the use of big data and genomics to find new treatments and cures for diseases. The hope within that coverage is palpable but with a distinct “maybe one day” feel. But now there comes an announcementof the opening of The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine in Huntsville, Alabama, which just
First Look at the Clinic for Genomic Medicine: WAAY TV
Huntsville might hold the key to finding a cure for some mystery illnesses. The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is about to accept some of the 30 million patients with rare, undiagnosed conditions at its new on-campus clinic. Chief genomics officer Howard Jacob, Ph.D., says visits to this clinic are similar to what you would experience
New clinic might be key to finding cures to mystery illnesses: Fox 54
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is about to accept some of the 30 million patients with rare, undiagnosed conditions at its new on-campus clinic. Chief genomics officer Howard Jacob, Ph.D., says visits to this clinic are similar to what you would experience during a routine trip to the doctor’s office. “We’ll take some blood from
The Smith Family Clinic Grand Opening
Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine opens November 2015. Huntsville, Ala. — The Smith Family Clinic for Genomic Medicine held a ribbon-cutting and grand opening November 20, 2015. The clinic is believed to be the first in the world designed solely for providing diagnoses to patients with undiagnosed disease via the exclusive use of whole
Unmasking mystery diseases: Birmingham Medical News
In November, after Halloween’s phantoms have shed their masks, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville begins its quest to unmask even more fearsome and elusive real life villains—unknown genetically-based diseases destroying the lives and health of human patients. Headed by David Bick, MD, it will be the nation’s first clinic devoted to using whole genome