Can We Personalize Medicine Based on Our Genes?

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Personalized Medicine: Lagging Promise?
Personalized medicine, tailored to your genes, promised a lot. We look at what it has delivered.

NPR's OnPoint with Tom Ashbrook
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM EST

A decade ago, it seemed like a miracle. The first draft of the human genome was unveiled. The very code of human life. And a revolution looked sure to follow.

We would read our genome and know – each of us – our genetic fate. And then, we would know how to change it – with personalized medicine tailored to whatever disease and risk factors we faced.

It is still a miracle. And that revolution may yet come. But it has not arrived on the timetable imagined when our genetic blueprints were first laid out.

Listen to the audio recording from NPR's On Point to hear Tom Ashbrook's interview and discussion with professionals in the field of science and genetics.

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