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Precision Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease and Hunting Elephants.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Joyner Michael J
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Precision medicine postulates improved prediction, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease based on patient specific factors especially DNA sequence (i.e., gene) variants. Ideas related to precision medicine stem from the much anticipated "genetic revolution in medicine" arising seamlessly from the human genome project (HGP). In this essay I deconstruct the concept of precision medicine and raise questions...
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