Precision medicine – exciting potential for GCC investors

  • Date: 23-Oct-2020
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:GCC
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Precision medicine – exciting potential for GCC investors

As the world anxiously awaits the Covid-19 vaccine“”a one-size-fits-all solution to stop the pandemic is now sweeping the globe. On the horizon is a supremely customised approach to healthcare that promises to transform how we diagnose and treat diseases: Precision medicine.

Many believe that this is the future of healthcare and that it is fast approaching. Precision medicine aims to deliver the most effective treatment tailored to a specific patient at the most opportune time to achieve the best possible result. This medical model depends on marrying a deep understanding of each person with comprehensive knowledge of all treatment options that might work for that individual, including at the genetic, molecular, or cellular level.

It is thought that such tailored treatments could cure debilitating and/or deadly diseases with far