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Omics Approach for Personalized Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for African and European Populations (OPTIMA)

The global prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is increasing, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest projected increase.

Tommy Olsson Tommy Olsson

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Democratized Precision Diagnostics

Modern medicine aims to improve our current abilities to diagnose and treat human diseases via a more personal health assessment.

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Next Generation Plasma Proteomics Identifies High-Precision Biomarker Candidates for Ovarian Cancer

Gyllensten, Ulf, Julia Hedlund-Lindberg, Johanna Svensson, Johanna Manninen, Torbjörn Öst, Jon Ramsell, Matilda Åslin, Emma Ivansson, Marta ...

Ulf Gyllensten Ulf Gyllensten

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The road from systems biology to systems medicine

Olaf Wolkenhauer, Charles Auffray, Robert Jaster, et al. 2013. The road from systems biology to systems medicine. Pedeatric Research, 73 (4)...

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Systems Medicine

Schmitz, Ulf and Olaf Wolkenhauer. 2016. Systems Medicine. edited by Ulf Schmitz and Olaf Wolkenhauer. New York, NY: Springer New York. http...

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