Each of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness -- when every body reacts differently, often unpredictably, to standard treatment. Tissue engineer Nina Tandon talks about a possible solution: Using pluripotent stem cells to make personalized models of organs on which to test new drugs and treatments, and storing them on computer chips. (Call it extremely personalized medicine.)
from : http://www.ted.com/talks/nina_tandon_could_tissue_engineering_mean_personalized_medicine.html
Via nrip
I often watch TED talks, specifically ones from the TEDMED conference. They keep me updated as to what's going on in modern medicine and what's the future to come. This particular TED talk was about personalized medicine which has become a relatively new concept in modern medicine. Personalized medicine is medicine that can be made to tailor to a specific person's genes. This is definitely something that I would like to research and hopefully personalized medicine becomes advanced and widely used in the future.