Category: Biotechnology
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Precision Medicine: Tailoring Health, One Person at a Time
Medicine has long followed a “one-size-fits-all” strategy. Precision Medicine, alternatively referred to as Personalized Medicine, aims to overcome this old paradigm. It promises a revolutionary strategy for disease treatment and prevention, delivering the right treatment to the right patient at the right time—taking into account the complex nuances of their genes, environment, and lifestyle.
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CRISPR-Cas Systems: Microbial Memory Meets Molecular Precision
CRISPR means Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, while Cas denotes the CRISPR-associated proteins that serve as molecular protectors. Together, they create a living repository and a set of tools for natural, adaptive immune response found in bacteria and archaea. CRISPR-Cas systems also allow us to interpret, compose, and modify the blueprint of life.