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Congratulations to Murtaza and Michelle Stephens of the Center for Precision Medicine Awarded the first 2024 WARF Innovation Award for their work, Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening of Cancer

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By Jen Ahlstrom The first 2024 WARF Innovation Award has been awarded to Muhammed Murtaza, Director of the Center for Precision Medicine and associate professor of surgery, and Michelle Stephens, surgery researcher in the Murtaza lab within the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, for their work, Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening …

Dr. Webb awarded Gerard B. Odell Award

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This year’s Gerard B. Odell Award winner is Bryn Webb, MD, associate professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism. She is also associated as core faculty with the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine. Webb’s research group is focused on better understanding the genetics and pathophysiology of rare Mendelian disorders. She has a particular interest …

Murtaza lab published in Science Translational Medicine for research on Genome-wide analysis of aberrant position and sequence of plasma DNA fragment ends in patients with cancer

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Congratulations to Dr. Muhammed Murtaza and his team for their recent publication in Science Translational Medicine! Fragment patterns in tumor DNA offer a roadmap to diagnose patients with cancer. A new machine learning platform can distinguish patients with cancer by analyzing patterns in fragments of cell-free DNA – pieces of tumor genetic material in the blood …