On-demand gene therapy for rare diseases
Sky News - 26-Jun-2025NANOSPRESSO may enable on-demand, personalised medicine for rare diseases directly in hospitals
Personalised Medicine
Some medicine may work better for you - or not work at all. Efficacy of most drugs is remarkably poor - and that's before taking into account pharmaceutical companies only publish positive studies. Across a broad population, some drugs struggle to beat the efficacy of a placebo but may still inflict detrimental side effects.
We're finding more and more that some drugs work better for for people with certain characteristics in their DNA and even gene expression, as well as broader factors such as sex and health. Today, a doctor has to prescribe one drug, wait to see if it works, and then prescribe another one and another one until the most effective drug is found (no fault of the doctor - they have no way of knowing the best match). Soon they will be able to take a one drop of blood, perform an instant analysis, and select the best drug for you. And beyond that, rather than selecting the best matching drug for you, medicines may be designed for you exact condition and tailored perfectly to your individual body.
Personalised Medicine News
NHS to sequence DNA of all newborns in groundbreaking genomic health plan
BBC - 21-Jun-2025Plan to map all babies' DNA by 2030; aims to spot 7,000 rare diseases with early interventions
NHS rolls out world-first DNA blood test to personalise cancer treatment
The Guardian - 29-May-2025New liquid biopsy accelerates targeted cancer treatment
Nanorobotics symposium explores the future of precision medicine
Brno University of Technology - 27-May-2025Experts discuss how nanorobots could transform drug delivery and non-invasive treatments
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Estonia’s biobank: Is this the first large-scale personalized medicine initiative?
Estonia’s biobank: A pioneer in large-scale personalized medicine?
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Company that develops digital health products to help patients, clinicians and researchers
The Future of Medicine
05-Mar-2025
Monthly conversation with experts in longevity, speaking Lee Hood, professor at Buck Institute, in-person and online (Novato, CA, USA)
Longevity World Forum (LWF)
17-Oct-2024
Congress that addresses healthy ageing and medical longevity (Alicante, Spain)
The Age of Scientific Wellness
Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands, written by Leroy Hood and Nathan Price
26-Oct-2023
Oxford Immune Algorithmics developing AI-driven precision medicine for all – site visit report
Algocyte platform uses algorithmic inverse problem solving to aid clinicians in their diagnosis
29-Oct-2014
Why I've just voted for DMI in the Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE
Adrian reviews a range of finalists trying to track cancer, blood oxygenation, retinal scans, and cardiac health
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