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Biobank Revolutionizes Personalized Medicine with 1 Million Results

1/31/2026

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The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) operates a biobank that collects blood and saliva to analyze genetic data and inform clinical decisions.
Since its 2014 launch, the biobank has returned over one million pharmacogenomic results to guide medication choices, including for Jim Jensen.
It has yielded over 1,000 actionable findings prompting preventive care, such as Kristina Paul learning she has high risk for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

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Story summary

The Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) operates a biobank that collects blood and saliva to analyze genetic data and inform clinical decisions.
Since its 2014 launch, the biobank has returned over one million pharmacogenomic results to guide medication choices, including for Jim Jensen.
It has yielded over 1,000 actionable findings prompting preventive care, such as Kristina Paul learning she has high risk for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.