Precision Medicine-Nobody Is Average

Medicine gets personal and tailor-made treatments are underway. Hospitals have started to advertise their advanced genomic testing capabilities and even their disruptive technologies to help foster a culture of innovation. The prediction in the lay press is that in decades from now we may look back...

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Published inClinical pharmacology and therapeutics Vol. 101; no. 3; p. 304
Main Author Vinks, A A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2017
Subjects
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Databases, Factual
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Humans
Internationality
Pharmacogenetics - methods
Precision Medicine - economics
Precision Medicine - methods
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Summary:Medicine gets personal and tailor-made treatments are underway. Hospitals have started to advertise their advanced genomic testing capabilities and even their disruptive technologies to help foster a culture of innovation. The prediction in the lay press is that in decades from now we may look back and see 2017 as the year precision medicine blossomed. It is all part of the Precision Medicine Initiative that takes into account individual differences in people's genes, environments, and lifestyles.
ISSN:1532-6535
DOI:10.1002/cpt.600