New tool developed by scientists paves way for personalised medical treatment

Scientists have developed a new tool to determine the inherent biological differences between individuals.

By: Agencies | | Published: June 11, 2016 2:09 pm

Scientists have developed a new tool to determine the inherent biological differences between individuals — paving the way for personalised medicine tailored to the specific profile of individual patients. Also Read - New algorithm may improve taste of beer and even treat metabolic disorder in future

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Johan Auwerx of Switzerland’s cole polytechnique f d rale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Ruedi Aebersold of ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, set out to overcome one of the biggest obstacles in successfully treating metabolic disorders such as diabetes, obesity and fatty liver disease, which depends on the variation in the way patients respond to medication. Also Read - Treating underlying metabolic deficiencies can help fight depression, say study

Working with mouse models, the researchers successfully connected the variation between individuals’ genomes to the variation between their proteomes — their full set of proteins. In this way, they took a giant leap in profiling the biology of a particular individual. Read: Scientists develop new tool to modify brain activity and memory.

There is a black box between a patient’s genome and their disease, said Auwerx, whose lab handled the genome side of the study published recently in the journal Science. What we have done here is find a way to fill the black box by obtaining information on the patient’s proteome, he added.

The study enabled the researchers to better understand the role several proteins play when it comes to metabolising fat and producing energy from it. Like the mouse strains in this study, each patient with a disease is genetically different, said Aebersold. Read: Indian researchers develop a tool that can detect your lung function.

The approach we used in the mouse cohort can now be applied one-for-one in research on human diseases, and particularly for personalised medicine, he added.

The researchers now aim to be able to customise medical intervention for human patients based on their individual biological makeup. Read: Biological markers in this blood test can help predict your risk of developing tuberculosis.

Source: IANS

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Published : June 11, 2016 2:09 pm

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