Precision Medicine
Tools and Quantitative Approaches

Presents insights into both technological progress and developments in data analyses in order to provide more precise diagnosis and health care

Hans-Peter Deigner (Edited by), Matthias Kohl (Edited by)

9780128053645, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 17 February 2018

374 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.4 cm, 0.7 kg

Precision Medicine: Tools and Quantitative Approaches discusses precision and personalized medicine, two relevant topics that are revolutionizing diagnostics and treatment, while also providing a shift toward prevention. The book covers the most relevant features and explanations underlying developments in the field. A timely review on prerequisites, causes and consequences is given. Unique to this book is a combined view on technical and data analysis aspects that is mandatory for obtaining and interpreting results. This book is a valuable source for researchers in medical and life sciences, physicians and students with an interest in this emerging field of precision medicine.

1. Ethical Aspects of Precision Medicine: An Introduction to the Ethics and Concept of Clinical Innovation2. Issues and Challenges in the Systematic Evaluation of Biomarker Tests3. Statistical Learning in Precision Medicine4. Biobanks as Basis of Individualized Medicine: Challenges Toward Harmonization5. Sequencing in Precision Medicine6. Workflow for Circulating miRNA Identification and Development in Cancer Research: Methodological Considerations7. Analyzing the Effects of Genetic Variation in Noncoding Genomic Regions8. Synthesis of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles 9. Magnetic Particle Imaging10. Nanoparticles and Nanosized Structures in Diagnostics and Therapy11. Interaction of Nanoparticles With Biomolecules, Protein, Enzymes, and Its Applications12. Modeling and Simulating Carcinogenesis13. Sepsis: A Challenging Disease With New Promises for Personalized Medicine and Biomarker Discovery14. Asphyxia Diagnosis: An Example of Translational Precision Medicine15. Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease

Subject Areas: Biomedical engineering [MQW], Clinical & internal medicine [MJ]