Symposium to examine personalized medicine, biotech advances

Words such as invention, technology, diagnostics and wellness were rarely mentioned during recent health care reform deliberations, but a health care revolution is under way. Physicians can peer into the body, blood or DNA of a patient and "see" a disease — or the risk for disease — early enough for crucial intervention.

Such personalized medicine and biotechnological advances are the topic of the Gold Lab Inaugural Symposium, May 14-15 at Muenzinger Auditorium at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Medical and scientific leaders will debate a variety of topics during the free symposium, titled "Time: The Crucial Fourth Dimension of Personalized Medicine." The symposium, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. both  days, is designed to benefit both experts and lay people.

Discussion topics include the evolution toward consumer-driven medicine, the delivery of valid information and blood tests to determine many diseases.

For a complete list of presenters and topics, view the flyer here.

Seats are limited. For reservations, please e-mail goldlabsymposium@colorado.edu.