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Book The Personalized Medicine Revolution

Download or read book The Personalized Medicine Revolution written by Pieter Cullis and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cullis argues that personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, is the biggest revolution of our time. By replacing the current one-size-fits-all approach to medicine with medical treatment based on a patient's unique molecular makeup, personalized medicine will radically change the role of doctors and patients and even the future of our species. Increasingly, instead of focusing on the treatment of chronic diseases, as they do today, doctors will focus on helping people prevent disease"--Amazon.com.

Book Personalized Medicine

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Prainsack
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2017-12-19
  • ISBN : 1479856908
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Personalized Medicine written by Barbara Prainsack and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside today's data-driven personalized medicine, and the time, effort, and information required from patients to make it a reality Medicine has been personal long before the concept of “personalized medicine” became popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual characteristics of their patients when diagnosing, and treating them. Patients have cared for themselves and for each other, contributed to medical research, and advocated for new treatments. Given this history, why has the notion of personalized medicine gained so much traction at the beginning of the new millennium? Personalized Medicine investigates the recent movement for patients’ involvement in how they are treated, diagnosed, and medicated; a movement that accompanies the increasingly popular idea that people should be proactive, well-informed participants in their own healthcare. While it is often the case that participatory practices in medicine are celebrated as instances of patient empowerment or, alternatively, are dismissed as cases of patient exploitation, Barbara Prainsack challenges these views to illustrate how personalized medicine can give rise to a technology-focused individualism, yet also present new opportunities to strengthen solidarity. Facing the future, this book reveals how medicine informed by digital, quantified, and computable information is already changing the personalization movement, providing a contemporary twist on how medical symptoms or ailments are shared and discussed in society. Bringing together empirical work and critical scholarship from medicine, public health, data governance, bioethics, and digital sociology, Personalized Medicine analyzes the challenges of personalization driven by patient work and data. This compelling volume proposes an understanding that uses novel technological practices to foreground the needs and interests of patients, instead of being ruled by them.

Book Textbook of Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Textbook of Personalized Medicine written by Kewal K. Jain and published by Humana Press. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in the technology used in personalized medicine and increased applications for clinical use have created a need for this expansion and revision of Kewal K. Jain’s Textbook of Personalized Medicine. As the first definitive work on this topic, this book reviews the fundamentals and development of personalized medicine and subsequent adoptions of the concepts by the biopharmaceutical industry and the medical profession. It also discusses examples of applications in key therapeutic areas, as well as ethical and regulatory issues, providing a concise and comprehensive source of reference for those involved in healthcare management, planning and politics. Algorithms are included as a guide to those involved in the management of important diseases where decision-making is involved due to the multiple choices available. Textbook of Personalized Medicine, Second Edition will serve as a convenient source of information for physicians, scientists, decision makers in the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries and interested members of the public.

Book Genomics and Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Genomics and Personalized Medicine written by Michael Snyder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2001 the Human Genome Project succeeded in mapping the DNA of humans. This landmark accomplishment launched the field of genomics, the integrated study of all the genes in the human body and the related biomedical interventions that can be tailored to benefit a person's health. Today genomics, part of a larger movement toward personalized medicine, is poised to revolutionize health care. By cross-referencing an individual's genetic sequence -- their genome -- against known elements of "Big Data," elements of genomics are already being incorporated on a widespread basis, including prenatal disease screening and targeted cancer treatments. With more innovations soon to arrive at the bedside, the promise of the genomics revolution is limitless. This entry in the What Everyone Needs to Know series offers an authoritative resource on the prospects and realities of genomics and personalized medicine. As this science continues to alter traditional medical paradigms, consumers are faced with additional options and more complicated decisions regarding their health care. This book provides the essential information everyone needs.

Book Personalised Medicine  Individual Choice and the Common Good

Download or read book Personalised Medicine Individual Choice and the Common Good written by Britta Chongkol van Beers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asks whether personalised medicine is superior to 'one-size-fits-all' treatment. Does it elevate individual choice above the common good?

Book Genomic and Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Genomic and Personalized Medicine written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Genomic and Personalized Medicine, Second Edition — winner of a 2013 Highly Commended BMA Medical Book Award for Medicine — is a major discussion of the structure, history, and applications of the field, as it emerges from the campus and lab into clinical action. As with the first edition, leading experts review the development of the new science, the current opportunities for genome-based analysis in healthcare, and the potential of genomic medicine in future healthcare. The inclusion of the latest information on diagnostic testing, population screening, disease susceptability, and pharmacogenomics makes this work an ideal companion for the many stakeholders of genomic and personalized medicine. With advancing knowledge of the genome across and outside protein-coding regions of DNA, new comprehension of genomic variation and frequencies across populations, the elucidation of advanced strategic approaches to genomic study, and above all in the elaboration of next-generation sequencing, genomic medicine has begun to achieve the much-vaunted transformative health outcomes of the Human Genome Project, almost a decade after its official completion in April 2003. Highly Commended 2013 BMA Medical Book Award for Medicine More than 100 chapters, from leading researchers, review the many impacts of genomic discoveries in clinical action, including 63 chapters new to this edition Discusses state-of-the-art genome technologies, including population screening, novel diagnostics, and gene-based therapeutics Wide and inclusive discussion encompasses the formidable ethical, legal, regulatory and social challenges related to the evolving practice of genomic medicine Clearly and beautifully illustrated with 280 color figures, and many thousands of references for further reading and deeper analysis

Book Advancing Healthcare Through Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Advancing Healthcare Through Personalized Medicine written by Priya Hays and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book provides a unique perspective on the biomedical and societal implications of personalized medicine and how it will help mitigate the healthcare crisis and rein in ever-growing expenditure. It introduces the reader to underlying concepts at the heart of personalized medicine - pharmacogenomics, targeted therapies and individualized diagnosis and treatment - and shows how, with the advent of genomic technologies, clinicians will have the capability to predict and diagnose disease more efficiently. Advocating a patient-centred approach at the heart of care, this introduction to personalized medicine, the science behind it, its economic effects, its effects upon patients and its overall implications for society will be invaluable to clinicians, to healthcare providers and to patients.

Book Preventive and Predictive Genetics  Towards Personalised Medicine

Download or read book Preventive and Predictive Genetics Towards Personalised Medicine written by Godfrey Grech and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmacogenomics supports personalized medicine by translating genome-based knowledge into clinical practice, offering enhanced benefit for patients and health-care systems at large. Current routine practice for diagnosing and treating patients is conducted by correlating parameters such as age, gender and weight with risks and expected treatment outcomes. In the new era of personalized medicine the healthcare provider is equipped with improved ability to prevent, diagnose, treat and predict outcomes on the basis of complex information sources, including genetic and genomic data. Targeted therapy and reliable prediction of expected outcomes offer patients access to better healthcare management, by way of identifying the therapies effective for the relevant patient group, avoiding prescription of unnecessary treatment and reducing the likelihood of developing adverse drug reactions.

Book Personalised Cancer Medicine

Download or read book Personalised Cancer Medicine written by Anne Kerr and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine written by Aamir Ahmad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the first of two volumes on personalized medicine in lung cancer, touches on the core issues related to the understanding of lung cancer—statistics and epidemiology of lung cancer—along with the incidence of lung cancer in non-smokers. A major focus of this volume is the state of current therapies against lung cancer—immune, targeted therapies against EGFR TKIs, KRAS, ALK, angiogenesis; the associated challenges, especially resistance mechanisms; and recent progress in targeted drug development based on metal chemistry. Chapters are written by some of the leading experts in the field, who provide a better understanding of lung cancer, the factors that make it lethal, and current research focused on developing personalized treatment plans. With a unique mix of topics, this volume summarizes the current state-of-knowledge on lung cancer and the available therapies.

Book Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine

Download or read book Economic Dimensions of Personalized and Precision Medicine written by Ernst R. Berndt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personalized and precision medicine (PPM)—the targeting of therapies according to an individual’s genetic, environmental, or lifestyle characteristics—is becoming an increasingly important approach in health care treatment and prevention. The advancement of PPM is a challenge in traditional clinical, reimbursement, and regulatory landscapes because it is costly to develop and introduces a wide range of scientific, clinical, ethical, and socioeconomic issues. PPM raises a multitude of economic issues, including how information on accurate diagnosis and treatment success will be disseminated and who will bear the cost; changes to physician training to incorporate genetics, probability and statistics, and economic considerations; questions about whether the benefits of PPM will be confined to developed countries or will diffuse to emerging economies with less developed health care systems; the effects of patient heterogeneity on cost-effectiveness analysis; and opportunities for PPM’s growth beyond treatment of acute illness, such as prevention and reversal of chronic conditions. This volume explores the intersection of the scientific, clinical, and economic factors affecting the development of PPM, including its effects on the drug pipeline, on reimbursement of PPM diagnostics and treatments, and on funding of the requisite underlying research; and it examines recent empirical applications of PPM.

Book The Ethics of Personalised Medicine

Download or read book The Ethics of Personalised Medicine written by Jochen Vollmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent times, the phrase ’personalised medicine’ has become the symbol of medical progress and a label for better health care in the future. However, a controversial debate has developed around whether these promises of better, more personal and more cost-efficient medicine are realistic. This book brings together leading researchers from across Europe and North America, from both normative and empirical disciplines, who take a more critical view of the often encountered hype associated with personalised medicine. Partially drawing on a four year collaborative research project funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research, the book presents a multidisciplinary debate on the current state of research on the ethical, legal and social implications of personalised medicine. At a time when future health care is a topic of much discussion, this book provides valuable policy recommendations for the way forward. This study will be of interest to researchers from various disciplines including philosophy, bioethics, law and social sciences.

Book Personalized Medicine in Healthcare Systems

Download or read book Personalized Medicine in Healthcare Systems written by Nada Bodiroga-Vukobrat and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers scientific contributions on comprehensive approaches to personalized medicine. In a systematic and clear manner, it provides extensive information on the methodological, technological, and clinical aspects of high-throughput analytics, nanotechnology approaches, microbiota/human interactions, in-vitro fertilization and preimplantation, and various diseases like cancer.Moreover, the book analyzes the social and legal aspects of social security systems, healthcare systems and EU law – e.g. the role of solidarity, regulatory possibilities and obstacles, justice and equality, privacy/disclosure of data, and the right to know – from an interdisciplinary perspective. Lastly, it explores the economical and ethical context in the fields of business models, intellectual property issues, the patient/physician relationship, and price discrimination.

Book Molecular Medicine

    Book Details:
  • Author : R.J. Trent
  • Publisher : Academic Press
  • Release : 2012-08-17
  • ISBN : 0123814510
  • Pages : 348 pages

Download or read book Molecular Medicine written by R.J. Trent and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molecular Medicine is the application of genetic or DNA-based knowledge to the modern practice of medicine. Molecular Medicine, 4e, provides contemporary insights into how the genetic revolution is influencing medical thinking and practice. The new edition includes recent changes in personalized medicine, new growth in omics and direct-to-consumer DNA testing, while focusing on advances in the Human Genome project and implications of the advances in clinical medicine. Graduate students, researchers, clinicians and allied health professionals will appreciate the background history and clinical application of up-to-date molecular advances. Extensively revised to incorporate the results of the Human Genome Project, it provides the latest developments in molecular medicine The only book in Molecular Medicine to reach its fourth edition Identifies current practice as well as future developments Presents extensive tables, well presented figures and resources for further understanding

Book Digital Health in Focus of Predictive  Preventive and Personalised Medicine

Download or read book Digital Health in Focus of Predictive Preventive and Personalised Medicine written by Lotfi Chaari and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The edition will cover proceedings of the second International conference on digital health Technologies (ICDHT 2019). The conference will address the topic of P4 medicine from the information technology point of view, and will be focused on the following topics: - Artificial Intelligence for health • Knowledge extraction • Decision-aid systems • Data analysis and risk prediction • Machine learning, deep learning - Health data processing • Data preprocessing, cleaning, management and mining • Computer-aided detection • Big data analysis, prediction and prevention • Cognitive algorithms for healthcare handling dynamic context management • Augmented reality, Motion detection and activity recognition - Devices, infrastructure and communication • Wearable & connected devices • Communication infrastructures, architectures and standards Blockchain for e-Health • Computing/storage infrastructures for e-Health • IoT devices & architectures for Smart Healthcare - Health information systems • Telemedicine, Teleservices • Computing/storage infrastructures for e-Health • Clinical Data Visualisation Standards - Security and privacy for e-health • Health data Analytics for Security and Privacy • E-health Software and Hardware Security • Embedded Security for e-health - Applications in P4 medicine

Book Translational Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Methods for Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Translational Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Methods for Personalized Medicine written by Qing Yan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translational Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Methods for Personalized Medicine introduces integrative approaches in translational bioinformatics and systems biology to support the practice of personalized, precision, predictive, preventive, and participatory medicine. Through the description of important cutting-edge technologies in bioinformatics and systems biology, readers may gain an essential understanding of state-of-the-art methodologies. The book discusses topics such as the challenges and tasks in translational bioinformatics; pharmacogenomics, systems biology, and personalized medicine; and the applicability of translational bioinformatics for biomarker discovery, epigenomics, and molecular dynamics. It also discusses data integration and mining, immunoinformatics, and neuroinformatics. With broad coverage of both basic scientific and clinical applications, this book is suitable for a wide range of readers who may not be scientists but who are also interested in the practice of personalized medicine. Introduces integrative approaches in translational bioinformatics and systems biology to support the practice of personalized, precision, predictive, preventive, and participatory medicine Presents a problem-solving oriented methodology to deal with practical problems in various applications Covers both basic scientific and clinical applications in order to enhance the collaboration between researchers and clinicians Brings integrative and multidisciplinary approaches to bridge the gaps among various knowledge domains in the field

Book Handbook of Personalized Medicine

Download or read book Handbook of Personalized Medicine written by Ioannis S. Vizirianakis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 1562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compiles multidisciplinary efforts to conceptualize the environment in research and clinical setting that creates the fertile ground for the practical utility of personalized medicine decisions and also enables clinical pharmacogenomics for establishing pharmacotyping in drug prescription. Its covers innovative drug formulations and nanotheranostics, molecular imaging and signatures, translational nanomedicine and informatics, stem cell therapy approaches, modeling and predictability of drug response, pharmacogenetics-guided drug prescription, pediatric drug dosing, pharmacovigilance and regulatory aspects, ethical and cost-effectiveness issues, pharmacogenomics knowledge bases, personal genome sequencing, molecular diagnostics, as well as information-based medicine.