precision medicine initiative

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Introduction

large research initiative aimed at advancing personalized medicine

announced by President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, January 20, 2015
use of "precision" was intended to avoid the implication that medications would be synthesized personally for single patients
precision medicine conveys a broader concept that includes precisely tailoring therapies to subcategories of disease, often defined by genomics^[4]

↑ The White House. Jan 30, 2014 FACT SHEET: President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/30/fact-sheet-president-obama-s-precision-medicine-initiative
↑ Collins FS, Varmus H A New Initiative on Precision Medicine. N Engl J Med. Jan 30, 2015 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635347 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1500523
↑ Kurtzman L. UCSF News Bulletin. April 14, 2015 California Launches Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine. UCSF to Lead Public-Private Effort to Advance Data-Driven Medicine. http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2015/04/125111/california-launches-initiative-advance-precision-medicine
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Ashley EA et al The Precision Medicine Initiative. A New National Effort. JAMA. 2015;313(21):2119-2120. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25928209 <Internet> http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2289153