Table 1 Projections for technological, medical, and integrational consideration for implementa-
tion of personalized medicine (modified from ESF Forward Look 2012 )
Projections
for 5 years 10 years 20 years
Technology Linear technologies Building interaction
networksMeasuring dynamic
networksin vivo
Genomics,
trancriptomics,
metabolomics, etc.Molecular interactions Real-time monitoringEnvironmental
monitoringGene–environment
interactionsRemote sensingHuman resources Alerting mechanisms
Responsive user
interfaces
Medicine Proof of principle Introduction Implementation and
refinement
Target available technol-
ogy on one disease areaCumulative data to follow
the personIntegration of imaging
technology in physio-
logical monitoring
Identify available
resources (electronic
health records, cohorts,
etc.)Dynamic qualitative/quan-
titative measuresIn silicomodel for
individual patientsEnhance biobanks and
clinical samplingSynergistic outputs from
multiple markersReal-time monitoring
(nanomaterials)
Expand measures for
healthy individualsICT infrastructure to sup-
port real-time health care
delivery across regionsRemote monitoring/
personalized
telemedicine
Noninvasive information
collection and sharing
Increased precision of
imaging technologies and
therapy
Integration Discovery Validation Implementation
Core, -omics
technologiesDefinition of purpose NanotechnologyEpigenetics Achievabe targets Longitudinal data
Prototype model Testing of infrastructure Systematic data
collection
Enforcemet of
standards
Data sharing
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