Medical histories

Amber Dance

Nature, 2016, vol. 537, issue 7619, S52-S53

Abstract: The first medical interventions were often individualized but ineffective, because doctors lacked an understanding of disease biology. As medicine became more scientific, physicians started grouping patients by disease. Now, genetic insights let doctors consider their patients' unique make-up when prescribing treatments.

Date: 2016
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