personalized medicine
Genetics-guided healthcare approach
Personalized medicine is healthcare tailored to individual patients based on their genetic makeup, lifestyle, and environment rather than one-size-fits-all treatments.
Also called precision medicine.
The approach uses genetic testing and biomarkers to predict which therapies will work best for a particular patient: Personalized medicine transformed her cancer treatment—doctors matched the drug to her tumor's genetic profile.
- pharmacogenomicsGene-based drug response study
- biomarkersMeasurable disease indicators
- genetic testingAnalysis for inherited disorders
- hereditary diseasesConditions passed through genes
- rare diseasesInfrequent medical conditions
gene therapy · clinical trials · patient outcomes · pharmacokinetics · epigenetics · genetic predisposition · immunotherapy · dosing · synthetic biology · bioinformatics · profiling · blood test · pharmacology · side effects · mutations · tailored · treatment plan · molecular biology
- nanomedicinenanomedicine, nanoparticles, liposomes, mRNA vaccines, Moderna vaccine
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- Medical Advancespenicillin, vaccine, X-ray, insulin pump, pacemaker
- pharmacogenomicspharmacogenomics, drug metabolism, genotyping, CYP2D6, CYP3A4
- cancer treatmentschemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, gene therapy, radiation therapy
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
personalized medicineevidence-based medicine
Clinical care guided by research