News Promises and Limitations of the Personalized Care Movement: Where We Are Now

Published: Nov. 17, 2016, 8 p.m.

b'

Several years ago, I gave my take on the \\u201cpersonalized care\\u201d movement: the broad push to use a person\\u2019s genetic data\\xa0to design optimal therapies, treatments, interventions, and pharmaceuticals. I was supportive and hesitantly optimistic, but I also acknowledged the limitations and drawbacks. Yes, genetics\\xa0do\\xa0determine how we respond to different therapies, and we can optimize medical care using the information\\u2014if we understand what our genes are saying and how they interact with the environment.

(This Mark\'s Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Leaman)

'