Personalized Medicine

From genetic testing to earlier cancer diagnosis, to rapid result strep tests and diagnostic tools that can be used outside of a traditional hospital environment, biotechnology researchers are making great strides in the field of ddiagnostic tools.

Biotechnology is all around us and is already a big part of our lives, providing breakthrough products and technologies to combat disease, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, and make useful products.

Personalized medicine involves using the advanced tools of molecular genetics and diagnostics to predict how patients will respond to drugs, reducing harmful side effects and increasing benefit. In addition, the panoply of technologies enabling this revolution in medicine can produce a personal medical profile that can guide the physician toward selecting the most appropriate drug or treatment regimen and help individuals stave off diseases before they manifest themselves. This dual combination of diagnostic and treatment technologies is at the heart of personalized medicine and is poised to transform healthcare dramatically.

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This video provides a basic overview of biotechnology and its many applications in our daily lives.