Exploiting microrna specifi city and selectivity: Paving a sustainable path towards precision medicine

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Abstract

In his State of the Union address before both chambers of the US Congress, President Barack Obama called for increased investment in US infrastructure and research and announced the launch of a new Precision Medicine Initiative, aiming to accelerate biomedical discovery. Due to their well-established selectivity and specificity, microRNAs can represent a useful tool, both in diagnosis and therapy, in forging the path towards the achievement of precision medicine. This introductory chapter represents a guide for the Reader in examining the functional roles of microRNAs in the most diverse aspects of clinical practice, which will be explored in this third volume of the microRNA trilogy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer New York LLC
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume888
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Initiative
  • MiRNA
  • Pharmacogenetics
  • Pharmacogenomics
  • Precision medicine
  • Selectivity
  • Specificity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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