Inside Precision Medicine August 16, 2022
Patient-centric, precision-medicine-based healthcare seems within reach. So, what’s holding it back?
In 2062, the world may be a futuristic utopia with elaborate robotic contraptions, holograms, and whimsical inventions, like flying cars that morph into briefcases after sending the kids in glass pods to Little Dipper Elementary. The outer-space home is filled with push-button conveniences including 3D food printing technology along with real-time virtual visits with care providers.
This now not-so-distant future—the premise of the popular American animated sitcom The Jetsons that hit the airwaves in 1962—might be nearer than we think, especially the part regarding healthcare.
The idea of patient-centric, personalized, and at-home medicine is no longer a theory, let alone a wild idea whipped up by the imagination of...