Under the hood: developing the engine that drives personalized medicine

Abstract

Personalized Medicine (PM) moves away from a "one size fits all" approach to the treatment and care of individuals. PM has a powerful impact in management of disease risks [2], in therapeutic treatments accounting for individual drug efficacy.This approach is transforming medicine by providing an individual's genetic profile that guides decision-making in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. This approach also maximizes health benefits and minimizes the risks of disease progres-sion by enabling diagnostic and prognostic information based on genetic profile not previously available.