Apr 1, 2021 12:02pm
Phenomix Sciences' blood-based test uses phenotype-driven multi-omics technology to predict responses to obesity interventions the Food and Drug Administration has approved. (vadimguzhva/GettyImages)
The American Medical Association innovation subsidiary Health2047 has spun off a company that uses personalized medicine to fight obesity.
Phenomix Sciences is a phenotype testing company that carries out the AMA’s mission to confront chronic diseases such as obesity.
Phenomix uses a blood test called MyPhenome that it has licensed from the Mayo Clinic to allow doctors to prescribe individualized therapies. MyPhenome measures DNA as well as a person’s metabolites and hormones. These biomarkers make up a person’s phenotype, according to Phenomix.