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Advancements in Bioequivalence & Bioavailability

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  • Open or Close Aly Nada*

    Professor and Chairman of Pharmaceutics Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait

    *Corresponding author: Aly Nada, Professor and Chairman of Pharmaceutics Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Submission: February 06, 2018; Published: April 10, 2018

DOI: 10.31031/ABB.2018.01.000506

ISSN 2640-9275
Volume1 Issue2

Abstract

Majority of human beings, 99.9%, have the same genome bases. Remaining 0.1 percent makes a person unique, as reflected in different attributes, e.g. personal look, development of diseases. Some of the personal differences may be harmless (change in phenotype), harmful (diseases), or Latent (susceptibility to some diseases). Therefore, making medicines to suit particular patient (personalized medicine) is a hot topic in healthcare systems. Sequencing RNA can provide a broader understanding of a person’s state of health. Recent studies have linked genetic differences between individuals to RNA expression [1] translation [2] and protein levels [3]. Personalized medicine is also termed precision medicine, which is a medical procedure that separates patients into different categories with medical decisions, practices, interventions and/or products being tailored to the individual patient based on their predicted response or risk of disease [4].

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