STAT September 25, 2020
“It is more important to know what kind of patient the disease has than to know what kind of disease the patient has.”
Although Hippocrates made this keen observation more than 2,400 years ago, physicians did not have the tools to decipher the biological and environmental factors influencing an individual’s health and well-being until recently.
Since the human genome was finally mapped in 2003, scientists have made tremendous progress in advancing personalized medicine. By tailoring health care to an individual’s biological characteristics, circumstances, and values, personalized medicine can bring unprecedented benefits to patients with rare genetic disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
The widely variable effects of the novel coronavirus serve as a painful reminder of the importance of understanding how...
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