But what does personalized medicine mean to me?
News Outlet:
Personalized Medicine
Date published:
October 22, 2009
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Institute investigators stress widespread education
The days are quickly approaching in health care when an individual’s genetic signature will be as significant as blood pressure, body mass index and cholesterol levels. Regular testing for genetic variation will be commonplace and the standard of care will include curatives based on individual genetic makeup and feature higher efficacy levels with less side-effects.
With such advances looming, well-reasoned educational efforts – jargon-free and easily understood – must be developed for three audiences: the public, the physicians who treat them, and members of the popular media.
A paper recently published by the journal Personalized Medicine and written by HudsonAlpha Faculty Investigators Neil Lamb, Rick Myers, and Chris Gunter, notes several strong, first steps in addressing these audiences while encouraging further efforts toward achieving greater public understanding of genetic variation, testing, and personalized medicine.
