According to the Precision Medicine Initiative, precision medicine is “an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person.” This approach will allow doctors and researchers to predict more accurately which treatment and prevention strategies for a particular disease will work in which groups of people. It is in contrast to a one-size-fits-all approach, in which disease treatment and prevention strategies are developed for the average person, with less consideration for the differences between individuals.

Affiliated scientists and physicians at The NeuroScience Innovation Foundation Center for Precision Medicine identify and investigate opportunities for Precision Medicine and develop testing assays with industry partners at Athena Esoterix in Chattanooga, TN.