Using Simple Genome, Researchers Move Personalized Medicine Closer to Reality
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have developed a statistical method that accurately predicts how an organism will respond to dozens of commonly used drugs. This clinical and conceptual advance moves medical science a step closer to an era of personalized medicine -- one where doctors could prescribe treatments based on an individual patient's genome.