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Theranostics-The Personalized Medicine has Arrived
The combination of the words
"therapy" and "diagnostics" have been purposed as a
platform that combines some specific diagnostic with specific therapy, based on
the results from the diagnostic. It is a step towards personalized medicine.
Using nanotechnology materials and their applications, theranostic medicine can
be understood as an integrated therapy system that can diagnose, offer targeted
therapy and monitor the response to that therapy. This personalized medicine
promises to revolutionize several areas of medicine by matching the ideal and
most effective treatment to the individual patient. We could say that
theranostics is supported on two pillars: Diagnostic product followed by
therapeutic- diagnostic that differentiates patients or the type of disease and
allows selection of therapy. Therapeutic product followed by diagnostic- a drug
that shows efficacy, but not for all. New diagnostics used to identify the
patients for whom it will work.
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