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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

On-demand gene therapy for rare diseases

On-demand gene therapy for rare diseases

Sky News - 26-Jun-2025

NANOSPRESSO may enable on-demand, personalised medicine for rare diseases directly in hospitals

NHS to sequence DNA of all newborns in groundbreaking genomic health plan

NHS to sequence DNA of all newborns in groundbreaking genomic health plan

BBC - 21-Jun-2025

Plan 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

NHS rolls out world-first DNA blood test to personalise cancer treatment

The Guardian - 29-May-2025

New liquid biopsy accelerates targeted cancer treatment

Nanorobotics symposium explores the future of precision medicine

Nanorobotics symposium explores the future of precision medicine

Brno University of Technology - 27-May-2025

Experts discuss how nanorobots could transform drug delivery and non-invasive treatments

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Personalised Medicine Resources

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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?

Ctrl Group

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

Amazon

Why the Future of Medicine Is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands, written by Leroy Hood and Nathan Price

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Personalised Medicine Blog Posts

Oxford Immune Algorithmics developing AI-driven precision medicine for all – site visit report
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

Why I've just voted for DMI in the Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE
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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