Precision medicine, an approach that uses information about an individual’s unique variations to treat or prevent disease, is changing the future of medicine.
Rather than tackling symptoms, precision medicine — sometimes called personalized or individualized medicine — looks at the root cause of illnesses. Some of the information used to determine treatment can include genetic variations and mutations, lifestyle, the environment, or even a person’s unique microbiome.
Personalized medicine is not new, but research momentum for individualized cures is growing.