Essays
The promise and challenge of personalized medicine: aging populations, complex diseases, and unmet medical need
Adriano M Henney
; Obsidian Biomedical Consulting Ltd., Macclesfield, UK
Abstract
Abstract The concept of personalized medicine is not
new. It is being discussed with increasing interest in the
medical, scientific, and general media because of the availability
of advanced scientific and computational technologies,
and the promise of the potential to improve the targeting
and delivery of novel medicines. It is also being
seen as one approach that may have a beneficial impact
on reducing health care budgets. But what are the challenges
that need to be addressed in its implementation in
the clinic? This article poses some provocative questions
and suggests some things that need to be considered.
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Hrčak ID:
84154
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Publication date:
15.6.2012.
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