Personalized Medicine Company Gets Cash to Predict Diabetes

January 11, 2008

Predictive, or personalized medicine takes a different approach by looking at an individual’s genetic and physiological profile to assess risk. Genomics companies like Navigenics are trying to find clues in human genes. Others, like Tethys, say using biomarkers like proteins in the blood might provide an even better way than examining genes to answer a patient’s most pressing question: Will I get sick? (Wired)