Editorial Features
- 18 December 2020Investing In Diversity For A Healthier Tomorrow
Including Asian genomes to increase the diversity of genomic databases is the first step towards targeted, more effective clinical approaches to treat and prevent disease. Investing in diversity for a healthier tomorrow The biological blueprints for each one-of-a-kind individual are encoded in six billion DNA building blocks or base pairs. Given how each person is […]
Read More - 11 December 2020Precision medicine gains prominence as part of RIE2025 Plan
The Government has established Precision Health Research, Singapore to coordinate the country’s 10-year strategy in this area. Its executive director Professor Patrick Tan shared more details.
Read More - 30 November 2020Sharing Health Data Securely
As the benefits of precision medicine depend on having large databases of health information, PRECISE is committed to making its data freely—and securely—accessible. Imagine bringing your elderly mother to the hospital. Like many other people her age, she has multiple conditions, in this case, high blood pressure, a history of breast cancer and most recently, […]
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