… : medicine is still more an art than a science. The last 30 years brought an explosion of
therapeutic options … “Personalized medicine” represents the hope that the next decade will bring a …

… to drug therapy [33]. Metabolomics can also help in evaluating drug resistance and disease
relapse [34,35], leading to opportunities for the development of novel therapeutic strategies […

… and gene therapy strategies … drug therapy for each patient could significantly improve
treatment outcomes, even with existing drugs, in the re-emerging era of personalized medicine. As …

… Personalized medicine refers to the application … therapeutic management. The appealing
concept of individualized care is not novel, but rather has stood as a central tenet of medicine …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized by a growing number of new cases diagnosed
each year that is nearly equal to the number of deaths from this cancer. In a majority of …

… drug discovery, an individualized application of drug therapy, and new insights into disease
prevention. Current concepts in drug therapy … -based differences in drug response. In contrast…

… The personalized medicine strategy for drug discovery and development … drug therapy to
those patients who will have an optimal response. The business rationale for targeted therapies…

… adverse drug reactions by identifying poor metabolizers at the initiation of drug therapy. The
… metabolizers prior to the initiation of drug therapy is an appealing emerging opportunity for …

… This approach offers the advantages to improve drug therapeutic efficiency and to dramatically
reduce toxicity and unspecific side effects, thus leading to possible future evolution in the …

… drug therapy accordingly. Down the road, one particularly promising area is cardiovascular
disease. Researchers are making strides toward identifying genetic variants in patients who …