ABSTRACT
This chapter underscores the need for personalized medicine to be implemented into the clinic. Personalized medicine has the potential to have great positive impact on patient care, as reflected in the story of Alexis and Noah Beery, twin daughter and son of Joseph and Retta Beery, born on August 16, 1996. Retta Beery articulately recounts the profound story of the discovery, through the tools of personalized medicine, of a mutation that the twins possessed and a journey that was filled with trials and tribulations, which their parents went through to diagnose the twins' unknown disorder. Personalized medicine's main impact will be on better patient care, as also shown by the example of Hunter Labs, a laboratory devoted to personalized medicine tests in Campbell, California. Chris Riedel, CEO of Hunter Labs, notes many instances where his lab has demonstrated personalized medicine's profound influence on patient care.
