Precision Medicine: An Introduction. Issue 3 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prince, J. Dale
• Is Part Of: Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries. Volume 14:Issue 3/4(2017)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: All of us -- NIH -- personalized medicine -- precision medicine; Medical libraries -- Collection development -- Periodicals; Libraries -- Special collections -- Electronic information resources -- Periodicals; Acquisition of electronic information resources -- Periodicals; 025.2761
• DOI: 10.1080/15424065.2017.1401500
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1542-4065

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle. With the precision medicine initiative push from the U.S. federal government, precision medicine has become an important concept for biomedical health researchers, practitioners, and librarians. This article explores, in brief, the concept, its history, components, National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiatives, and challenges.