NEWSMAX / AFP: President Barack Obama will propose Friday that the US spend $215 million into “precision medicine” research, a field proponents say can advance the treatment of diseases like cancer and diabetes.
The funding would be used in part to collect gene, chemical, lifestyle and other data from one million volunteers.
Scientists believe that vast bank of information could then lead to better classification of diseases — based on molecular causes rather than symptoms — as well as tailored treatment that replaces a “one size fits all” approach… (more)
