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New highly personalised healthcare technology

Polypharmacy burden could be ended with personalized medicine breakthrough

26-Aug-2019

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Pharmacogenomics can be used for predicting drug efficacy and guiding dosages.

Drug delivery technology can be ingested orally or sub-dermally implanted.

Drugs can be tailored to the specific needs of the patient as determined by their genetic profile.

Pharmacological features of the pill can be changed by making small changes to the settings on a 3D printer.

Next phase of research was focused on bilayer tablet development for the delivery of multiple drugs.

Research had done by Athlone Institute of Technology.

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Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT)

Public Research university.

Evert Fuenmayor

Researcher and Doctor candidate at Athlone Institute of Technology.

Topics mentioned on this page:
3D Printing (Healthcare), Precision Medicine