Tech for SocietyHealthcare & Wellbeing
Tailored Care: Accelerating Personalized Medicine
Description
In collaboration with Hello Tomorrow, this is the first in a series of sessions exploring major trends shaping healthcare.
The medical industry is moving towards a more individualized treatment for patients. This effort has wide-reaching implications ranging from the organization of hospitals, to the design of new drugs. And as we get a better understanding of the relationship between illness and people’s genetic markups, treatments can increasingly be tailored to specific people. What benefits do these technical advancements unlock for doctors and patients?