Rare Diseases Integrative PPPM Approach as the Medicine of the Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Özgüç, Meral (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine, 6
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Metabolic diseases.; Pediatrics.; Cell biology.; Biology > Technique.; Life Sciences.; Biological Techniques.; Cell Biology.; Metabolic Diseases.

This book focuses on predictive, preventative and personalised medicine (PPPM) and how it is related to the healthcare of rare diseases. Readers will discover how advanced rare diseases healthcare provides an excellent “proof-of-principles” for the personalisation of healthcare systems on a global s...

Table of Contents:

• National Plans on rare diseases
• Biobanking for rare diseases – Impact on personalized medicine
• Emerging Technologies for Gene Identification in Rare Diseases,- Personalized Medicine for Hereditary Deafness
• Mitochondrial Diseases
• Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Lysosomal Storage Diseases
• Complexity of Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Mendelian Disorders: Lessons from Gaucher Disease
• Rare Cancers
• Adeno-Associated Virus Gene Therapy and its Application to the Prevention and Personalized Treatment of Rare Diseases
• Induced pluripotency for the study of disease mechanisms and cell therapy.