Xinhua Insight: China takes precision medicine to heart

BEIJING, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Precision medicine -- personalized prevention and treatment based on one's genetic make-up, medical history, and lifestyle -- promises efficient solutions to health problems at a low cost.

Suffering from hypertension for more than three years, Wang Qiang, 23, is a Chinese patient who has already benefited from the new approach.

After genetic testing, he was prescribed a drug targeting a specific inherited condition and his blood pressure has been under control ever since.

In addition to tailoring therapies to individual patients, precision medicine's possibilities include non-invasive prenatal DNA testing and more effective biopsies.

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