US precision-medicine proposal sparks questions : Nature News & Comment

US precision-medicine proposal sparks questions : Nature News & Comment

US precision-medicine proposal sparks questions

Announcement by President Obama comes amidst growing interest in targeted therapies.

• Sara Reardon

22 January 2015

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Cystic fibrosis is one condition for which personalized medicine has yielded new treatments.

With the pipeline of traditional drugs drying up, researchers are increasingly attempting to customize treatments based on a person's genetics or environment. Now the US government wants to get in on the act.

Nature

 

doi:10.1038/nature.2015.16774

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