Genomics and Personalized Medicine

Personalized medicine is the tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient. Personalizedmedicine has the potential of revolutionizing patient care.This treatment modality prescribes therapies specific to individualpatients based on pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic information. This book explains the advantages of usingpersonalized therapies. The success of personalized therapy in future will depend on a better understanding ofpharmacogenomics and the extension of these scientific advances to all countries. The key attribute of this book is its abilityto explain things so interestingly that students are able to understand and appreciate it. This book conveys the recentinventions and discoveries of this field to the students. This book is intended for students who are pursuing careers inpersonalized medicine. The aim of this book is to present a straightforward, uncomplicated approach to the subject both forthe pupils and their teachers. The matter is presented with appropriate explanations. The book is fully career-oriented. Itfulfills the needs of students, teachers and researchers.