2001-2100 Medication in the prevention of disease
2001-2100 Medication in the prevention of disease
Computer modeling of your environment, your DNA and habits will allow for the custom creation of drugs for you. Researchers already know that customization of medication is needed, as interaction between drugs and your chemistry for properly prescribed medication has resulted in 2 million people being hospitalized in one year alone, and the deaths of one-hundred thousand, making properly prescribed drugs the fourth to sixth leading cause of death.
The future of medication is customized pharmacology, and the driving elements are computer modeling and molecular sciences probing the essence of the structure of life itself. Imaging attending a kiosk in a local mall, having a touch screen asks you a few questions, and giving a small blood or tissue sample, or potentially non-invasive sampling. The computer inside analysis your current condition, diagnosis your ailment, and issues a custom prescription to your pharmacy of choice.
Once your drug is created, and ingested, the biologically tuned drug goes to work on your symptoms, attacking the invading organism or infected cell, and custom boosting your immune system by providing the balanced requirements your body is in need of, such as deficient vitamins and minerals.
Near term the “bio-analysis” computers may reside in your doctors’ office, the samples taken through traditional means, and the analysis performed in a few minutes. Incorporating the necessary reagents for DNA sequencing and access to a database of knowledge, along with your medical history numerous tests could be performed thoroughly analyzing every possible condition. The customization of medication, at first suggesting the prescribing from one to many drugs to address your ailment, and suggesting the physicians coarse of action would be available in minutes.
Long term, the “bio-analysis” computer could be an appliance in your home, perhaps integrated into your weight-scale, connected securely to your doctors’ office through the Internet, and provide you with a real-time health analysis. Simple shower, weigh yourself and your doctor reviews the analysis of your profile, approving medication and intervening in the process if required.
This possibility is not far fetched, since technology has rapidly evolved to these levels of sophistication, and research projects are underway by the National Institutes of Health in the creation of custom medication. With the advent of monoclonal antibodies, antibodies which are tuned to attach to specific virus protein casings, viral inhibitors which render the virus irreplaceable and cell-to-cell inhibitors preventing the spread of diseased between cells, we are only a synthetic polymerizer away from the custom created prescription machine.
Computer modeling of your environment, your DNA and habits will allow for the custom creation of drugs for you. Researchers already know that customization of medication is needed, as interaction between drugs and your chemistry for properly prescribed medication has resulted in 2 million people being hospitalized in one year alone, and the deaths of one-hundred thousand, making properly prescribed drugs the fourth to sixth leading cause of death.
The future of medication is customized pharmacology, and the driving elements are computer modeling and molecular sciences probing the essence of the structure of life itself. Imaging attending a kiosk in a local mall, having a touch screen asks you a few questions, and giving a small blood or tissue sample, or potentially non-invasive sampling. The computer inside analysis your current condition, diagnosis your ailment, and issues a custom prescription to your pharmacy of choice.
Once your drug is created, and ingested, the biologically tuned drug goes to work on your symptoms, attacking the invading organism or infected cell, and custom boosting your immune system by providing the balanced requirements your body is in need of, such as deficient vitamins and minerals.
Near term the “bio-analysis” computers may reside in your doctors’ office, the samples taken through traditional means, and the analysis performed in a few minutes. Incorporating the necessary reagents for DNA sequencing and access to a database of knowledge, along with your medical history numerous tests could be performed thoroughly analyzing every possible condition. The customization of medication, at first suggesting the prescribing from one to many drugs to address your ailment, and suggesting the physicians coarse of action would be available in minutes.
Long term, the “bio-analysis” computer could be an appliance in your home, perhaps integrated into your weight-scale, connected securely to your doctors’ office through the Internet, and provide you with a real-time health analysis. Simple shower, weigh yourself and your doctor reviews the analysis of your profile, approving medication and intervening in the process if required.
This possibility is not far fetched, since technology has rapidly evolved to these levels of sophistication, and research projects are underway by the National Institutes of Health in the creation of custom medication. With the advent of monoclonal antibodies, antibodies which are tuned to attach to specific virus protein casings, viral inhibitors which render the virus irreplaceable and cell-to-cell inhibitors preventing the spread of diseased between cells, we are only a synthetic polymerizer away from the custom created prescription machine.
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