Precision medicine (PrecisionMedicine) is a new type of medical concept and medical model based on individualized medical treatment and developed with the rapid progress of genome sequencing technology and the cross-application of bioinformatics and big data science.
The essence is to analyze, identify, validate and apply biomarkers to large samples of people and specific disease types through genome, proteome and other genomics technologies as well as cutting-edge medical technologies, so as to accurately search for the causes of diseases and the targets of treatments, and accurately classify different states and processes of a disease, and ultimately achieve the goal of personalized and precise treatments for diseases and specific patients, and improve the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and prevention of diseases. The aim is to realize personalized and precise treatment for diseases and specific patients, and to improve the efficiency of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases.
The core focus of precision medicine
The focus of precision medicine is not on "medical treatment" but on "precision".
From the beginning of the historical mission of genetic science - "Preparation for the Human Genome Project", the concept of "genomics" has been the subject of a lot of research by biosystem scientists. The concept of "genomics" has been the subject of much research by biosystems scientists. From the perspective of data flow in the whole field of life, from the earliest central law (the flow of information from DNA to proteins) to the current systems biology (the formation of information networks), these are all the process of moving towards "precision".
Compared with individualized medicine, precision medicine attaches more importance to the depth of the characteristics of the "disease" and the high precision of the "medicine"; it is a high level of medical technology based on the in-depth understanding of the human being, the disease and the medicine.
Three, the role of precision medicine
1, precision medicine can make the concept of health care to change essentially, from the health care system to diagnosis and treatment-oriented, to health care-oriented.
Currently, in the context of the times and strategic opportunities for the integrated role of precision medicine has been rapidly popular around the world, not far in the future, genetic analysts as well as software to analyze genetic data will become popular, genetics will increasingly enter the field of health care your disease is like your personality, unique, and are treated individually.
2. Promote the development of related industries.
First, precision medicine can lead to the development of a million-volume business sample bank and database industry.
Second, precision medicine can promote the development of sequencing of genomic data represented by genome.
Thirdly, precision medicine can promote the development of molecular diagnosis and drug design target related industries.
Fourth, of course, the biggest engaged industry, is adaptation - the so-called translation of the concept that precision medicine can promote the development of industries related to new medical facilities.
Fourth, the advantages of precision medicine
1, precision medicine as the next generation of diagnostic and treatment technology, compared with traditional diagnostic and treatment methods have great technical advantages. Compared with traditional diagnostic and treatment methods, precision medicine has accuracy and convenience. On the one hand, through gene sequencing, mutated genes of cancer can be identified, so that symptomatic drugs can be determined quickly, saving the time for patients to try various treatments, and improving the therapeutic effect.
2. Gene sequencing requires only the patient's blood or even saliva, eliminating the need for traditional pathology slides and reducing the damage to the patient's body during the diagnostic process. It is foreseeable that the emergence of precision medicine technology will significantly improve the diagnostic and treatment experience of cancer patients and the diagnostic and treatment effect, with great development potential.