Comments on: Personalized medicine – reducing the cost and improving the effectiveness of health care http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/ A weblog on the sciences and practices of living healthily very long - perhaps hundreds of years. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Galen Evancho http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/#comment-56089 Galen Evancho Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:16:16 +0000 http://anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/#comment-56089 Wonderful goods from you, man. I've understand your stuff previous to and you're just extremely fantastic. I really like what you have acquired here, really like what you are stating and the way in which you say it. You make it entertaining and you still care for to keep it wise. I can't wait to read far more from you. This is really a wonderful website. Wonderful goods from you, man. I’ve understand your stuff previous to and you’re just extremely fantastic. I really like what you have acquired here, really like what you are stating and the way in which you say it. You make it entertaining and you still care for to keep it wise. I can’t wait to read far more from you. This is really a wonderful website.

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]]> By: admin http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/#comment-6850 admin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:08:06 +0000 http://anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/#comment-6850 Matthew, While I agree with you about the importance of knowing our genes and what they tell us for medicine, I think the equivalent of the tricoder will have to take not only our genes and gene variations into acount but also the states of our epigenomes, changes in the DNA and histones that are tissue-specific and acquired during life and even inherited. What I am saying is that after each of us gets his or her genome completely sequenced and all gene variations cataloged, that will not be enough to characterize our states for protection against or cure of all diseases. We will also have to get our epigenomic markers cataloged - DNA methylation and histone acetylation profiles to start with, and that is an immense and tissue-specific job. Moreover,these epigenetic markers change with time. So, as we move forward we will get more and more "magical" cures. In fact, we already have a lot of such cures from the viewpoint of a century ago. But it will be a long long time before we can aim a tricoder and cure almost anything. Like you, I am optimistic that we can and willkeep going. Vince Matthew,
While I agree with you about the importance of knowing our genes and what they tell us for medicine, I think the equivalent of the tricoder will have to take not only our genes and gene variations into acount but also the states of our epigenomes, changes in the DNA and histones that are tissue-specific and acquired during life and even inherited. What I am saying is that after each of us gets his or her genome completely sequenced and all gene variations cataloged, that will not be enough to characterize our states for protection against or cure of all diseases. We will also have to get our epigenomic markers cataloged – DNA methylation and histone acetylation profiles to start with, and that is an immense and tissue-specific job. Moreover,these epigenetic markers change with time. So, as we move forward we will get more and more “magical” cures. In fact, we already have a lot of such cures from the viewpoint of a century ago. But it will be a long long time before we can aim a tricoder and cure almost anything. Like you, I am optimistic that we can and willkeep going.

Vince

]]> By: Matthew http://www.anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/#comment-6839 Matthew Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:31:43 +0000 http://anti-agingfirewalls.com/2010/02/10/personalized-medicine-reducing-the-cost-and-improving-the-effectiveness-of-health-care/#comment-6839 The future of medicine lies squarely in one's own genetic code. Imagine the effectiveness of any medication that was designed with your specific DNA and RNA coding in mind. Unintended consequences would be rare. Most side effects could be controlled simply by switching off various genes or receptors. Indeed, as Arthur C. Clark put it "sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic." Tri-corders anyone? The future of medicine lies squarely in one’s own genetic code. Imagine the effectiveness of any medication that was designed with your specific DNA and RNA coding in mind. Unintended consequences would be rare. Most side effects could be controlled simply by switching off various genes or receptors. Indeed, as Arthur C. Clark put it “sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic.” Tri-corders anyone?

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