ABSTRACT

Personalized Medicine: Promises and Pitfalls broadly explores the tailoring of medical treatment to a patient‘s characteristics, needs, and preferences during all stages of care, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.The book‘s goal is to explain the science behind personalized medicine, what impact it may have on specific disea

chapter 1|20 pages

Genomics

chapter 2|18 pages

Proteomics

chapter 3|14 pages

Epigenetics

chapter 5|22 pages

Other integrative medical treatments

chapter 6|8 pages

The placebo effect

chapter 7|12 pages

Stem cells

chapter 8|18 pages

Scientific studies and medical trials

chapter 10|14 pages

Drug, hospital, and medical care costs 139

chapter 11|14 pages

Ethics

chapter 12|6 pages

Conclusions