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Toward Precision Medicine -  National Research Council,  Division on Earth and Life Studies,  Board on Life Sciences,  Committee on A Framework for Developing a New Taxonomy of Disease

Toward Precision Medicine

Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease
Buch | Softcover
142 Seiten
2012
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-22222-8 (ISBN)
CHF 66,30 inkl. MwSt
Motivated by the explosion of molecular data on humans-particularly data associated with individual patients-and the sense that there are large, as-yet-untapped opportunities to use this data to improve health outcomes, Toward Precision Medicine explores the feasibility and need for "a new taxonomy of human disease based on molecular biology" and develops a potential framework for creating one.


The book says that a new data network that integrates emerging research on the molecular makeup of diseases with clinical data on individual patients could drive the development of a more accurate classification of diseases and ultimately enhance diagnosis and treatment. The "new taxonomy" that emerges would define diseases by their underlying molecular causes and other factors in addition to their traditional physical signs and symptoms. The book adds that the new data network could also improve biomedical research by enabling scientists to access patients' information during treatment while still protecting their rights. This would allow the marriage of molecular research and clinical data at the point of care, as opposed to research information continuing to reside primarily in academia.


Toward Precision Medicine notes that moving toward individualized medicine requires that researchers and health care providers have access to very large sets of health- and disease-related data linked to individual patients. These data are also critical for developing the information commons, the knowledge network of disease, and ultimately the new taxonomy.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Why Now?
3 What Would a Knowledge Network and New Taxonomy Look Like?
4 How Do We Get There?
5 Epilogue
References
Appendix A: The Statement of Task with Additional Context
Appendix B: Committee Biographies
Appendix C: March 1& 2, 2011 - Workshop Agenda
Appendix D: eMERGE Consortium Data Use Agreement
Appendix E: Glossary

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Why Now?; 5 3 What Would a Knowledge Network and New Taxonomy Look Like?; 6 4 How Do We Get There?; 7 5 Epilogue; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: The Statement of Task with Additional Context; 10 Appendix B: Committee Biographies; 11 Appendix C: March 1& 2, 2011 - Workshop Agenda; 12 Appendix D: eMERGE Consortium Data Use Agreement; 13 Appendix E: Glossary

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.1.2012
Verlagsort Washington
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete
Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie Orthopädie
Technik Medizintechnik
ISBN-10 0-309-22222-2 / 0309222222
ISBN-13 978-0-309-22222-8 / 9780309222228
Zustand Neuware
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