Episode 11: Precision Medicine 101

Did you know there was a time when no one knew about blood groups so no one knew to check the blood group of a donor before transfusion? There was also a time when a patient's treatment could not be tailored to their DNA changes. But none of that happens today. Do you know why? And do you know how? Listen to Dr. Sabah Kadri break down precision medicine and its revolutionary effects on patient care in this extremely engaging episode. We take an anecdote-filled roller coaster from the 1800s to 2020. Enjoy the ride!

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Original Intro/Outro music: Riatsu (Shadaab Kadri)

References:

What is personalized medicine: sharpening a vague term based on a systematic literature review: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24359531/


Jones DS. How personalized medicine became genetic, and racial: Werner Kalow and the formations of pharmacogenetics. J Hist Med Allied Sci. 2013;68(1):1-48. doi:10.1093/jhmas/jrr046

https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2018/10/14/12/42/harold-on-history-the-evolution-of-personalized-medicine


https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/targeted-therapies/targeted-therapies-fact-sheet


https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/search


Hugo A. Barrera-Saldaña, Origin of personalized medicine in pioneering, passionate, genomic research,Genomics, Volume 112, Issue 1, 2020

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