Conference On Personalized Medicine Hosted By American Association For The Advancement Of Science, June 20

Better knowledge of the body’s genetic and molecular machinery is pointing toward new drugs and treatments that are custom-designed for each individual. But this emerging era of personalized medicine, in which doctors aim to prescribe the right medicine in the right amount for the right patient, also brings concerns about genetic privacy, adequacy of insurance coverage and industry marketing strategies.

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Filed under: Biology on June 17th, 2008