A new initiative on precision medicine

N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 26;372(9):793-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1500523. Epub 2015 Jan 30.

Abstract

President Obama has announced a research initiative that aims to accelerate progress toward a new era of precision medicine, with a near-term focus on cancers and a longer-term aim to generate knowledge applicable to the whole range of health and disease.

MeSH terms

  • Biomedical Research / economics
  • Biomedical Research / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Financing, Government
  • Health
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / therapy
  • Precision Medicine*
  • Research Support as Topic / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • United States