鷺沼診療所 | 日記 | 精密医療構想 （Precision Medicine Initiative）

米国国立衛生研究所（NIH）はオバマ大統領が推進する精密医療構想のために多様な疾患の個々の遺伝子や環境、ライフスタイルのビックデータ収集を開始しました。予防手段や有効的な治療のない多くの疾患に対し個々の遺伝多形を利用して治療や予防を行なう構想です。日本でも遺伝子や環境等のビックデータから有効な予防やオーダーメイドの治療のための研究所の創設が急がれます。

Precision Medicine Initiative
Far too many diseases do not have a proven means of prevention or effective treatments. We must gain better insights into the biology of these diseases to make a difference for the millions of Americans who suffer from them. Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. While significant advances in precision medicine have been made for select cancers, the practice is not currently in use for most diseases. Many efforts are underway to help make precision medicine the norm rather than the exception. To accelerate the pace, President Obama has now unveiled the Precision Medicine Initiative — a bold new enterprise to revolutionize medicine and generate the scientific evidence needed to move the concept of precision medicine into every day clinical practice.
http://www.nih.gov/precisionmedicine/