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Personalized Medicine Gets a Boost from the President

At the White House today, President Obama said he’ll ask Congress for $215 million to recruit volunteers for a new approach to medical care. What is “personalized medicine"? What are the “opportunities for breakthroughs”?

By Warren Olney • Jan 30, 2015 • 1 min read

At the White House today, President Obama said he’ll ask Congress for $215 million to recruit volunteers for a new approach to medical care. What is “personalized medicine"? What are the “opportunities for breakthroughs”?

“Precision” or “personalized” medicine is possible because of reductions in the cost of sequencing the genome of an individual patient. Caroline Chen reports on healthcare for Bloomberg News.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Caroline Chen
Healthcare reporter, ProPublica

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To the Point

Personalized Medicine Gets a Boost from the President

At the White House today, President Obama said he’ll ask Congress for $215 million to recruit volunteers for a new approach to medical care. What is “personalized medicine"? What are the “opportunities for breakthroughs”?

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To the Point

Personalized Medicine Gets a Boost from the President

At the White House today, President Obama said he’ll ask Congress for $215 million to recruit volunteers for a new approach to medical care. What is “personalized medicine"? What are the “opportunities for breakthroughs”?

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