At this point, Foundation Medicine is exclusively an oncology company, but our next-generation sequencing technique, which can deep sequence hundreds of genes with world class laboratory capability and world class computational biology capability, certainly has potential applicability. Watch Video ›
Cancer is basically a disease of the genome. We know that most cancers are caused by changes at the DNA level, whether it’s caused by radiation, cigarette smoking, or unknown factors. DNA changes are really what drive cancer. Watch Video ›
A large part of what we need to do at Foundation Medicine is educate the physician, and the patients, that a test like ours is available, today, to give them a full information about their DNA, and what drives the cancer. Watch Video ›
We’re getting there very quickly. One of the big questions is, “How do these research findings translate, as you say, to treatment for patients?” Watch Video ›
