Aging accelerates genomic changes, signaling challenges for personalized medicine
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Aging can occur at different rates within an individual's genome, with some portions aging 100 times faster than others, research shows. This makes personalized medicine even more challenging, which makes use of genomic information to predict future diseases and treatments. With genomes continually shifting over time, the monitoring of genomic health will require more frequent measurement of patients' genomes.