The right medicine

The right medicine.

Finding the right medicine: skillful means.

unique physical and metaphysical needs, will allow us to go beyond our current classification of diseases and use skillful means to apply the right medicine, whatever its derivation. We have come to accept the vertical taxonomy of medical specialization as fact, and we use it to navigate diagnosis and treatment. Yet perhaps a horizontal taxonomy built on deeper understanding of basic processes ...

Pharmacogenomics in multiple sclerosis: getting the right medicine to the right patient

10.2217/14750708.5.5.623 © 2 Disease-modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis have demonstrated a beneficial effect on disease activity. Furthermore, an increasing number of new therapeutic strategies with a diverse set of actions are becoming available. However, not all patients respond to current disease-modifying therapies, and a substantial interindividual variability exists in both effica...

Physiology, reductionism, and translational medicine: the right mix.

B. R. Pitt, J. W. Christman, S. J. Gunst, M. A. Matthay, T. Stevens, and L. B. Ware Department Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Department Cellular and Integrative Physiology, I...

Right brain: go medicine! A match millennia in the making.

Siu-Hin Wan, BS The large dark cluster in the left corner looks all but conquered by the infiltrating cells gone awry. The bright flower-shaped blossom amid the speckles like a winter snowstorm signals a massive battle about to commence between two giant forces. Yet to understand the true meaning of what lies ahead requires a lower magnification: the ability to synthesize information obtained f...