Personalised Medicine in India: How AI & Genomics are Changing Treatment
Imagine two patients suffering from the same disease and taking the same standard drug. While one heals as expected, the other shows no improvement and, in some cases, experiences side effects, simply because of differences in their genes. In such a situation, personalised medicine comes in handy and uses the genetic, lifestyle, and clinical information about the patients to guide treatment. This article provides the reader with an insight into what personalised medicine actually means, the status of India regarding this, and how genomic technology and AI intersect in reality.
What Personalised Medicine Actually Means
Personalised medicine is another name for precision medicine, which is a system of health care that customises prevention, diagnosis, and therapy according to one person's genetic constitution, environmental conditions, and behaviour rather than using the same standard treatment regime for all patients with similar diagnoses.
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