Personalized medicine: your gene talks to us
Koe Stella Asadinia1, Michelle Valeria1, Edelyne Chelsea1
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Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia
Abstract
Genome sequencing has taken medicine to a whole new level: personalized medicine.1
“Personalized medicine: your gene talks to us” represents the simplest form of understanding
genomic-based medicine as a future of medical care. Each genome of an individual provides a
blueprint of one’s life. Genome science has already begun to revolutionize the field of medicine in
diagnosis, prevention, course of treatment in most human diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s,
Parkinson’s, diabetes, to the most highlighted one: cancer.1-5 By determining an individual’s
drug response and risk effects based on her or his unique genome, a tailored “perfect-fit” medical
care could