Here come the omics!

A long-term goal of clinical care has always been to fit the specific treatment to the individual patient —what we would now call personalized medicine. However, the ability to predict which patient will best respond to which treatment has historically been nearly impossible. Accordingly, personalized medicine has typically involved significant trial and error with different therapies until desired cl inical results are achieved. Fortunately for both patients and physicians, this paradigm has begun to change.
Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research