I think about this topic every day. I firmly believe that our future clinic for Wolfram syndrome and other ER stress disorders should provide “Personalized Medicine.” This 2 min-video explains about the personalized medicine very well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFzMP-UNwLs
Why? As I mentioned before, each patient is different, and should be treated differently. The key is to obtain complete family history and genetic information from each patient. Exome sequencing and genome sequencing should be integrated into our clinic to design the best treatment for each patient.
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Authors: Guy Haskin Fernald, Emidio Capriotti, Roxana Daneshjou, Konrad J. Karczewski and Russ B. Altman
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117361