Paving the Way for Personalized Medicine

September 15, 2009

There are promising developments heralding the arrival of personalized medicine, a new medical field where the results of genetic tests or other biomarker assessments are used to tailor drugs and treatments to individual patients. A year ago, for example, the Food and Drug Administration approved maraviroc, the first drug designed specifically for HIV patients who have a particular genetic mutation of the virus. (Science Progress)