The Open Pathology Journal

2008, 2 : 68-70
Published online 2008 June 26. DOI: 10.2174/1874375700802010068
Publisher ID: TOPATJ-2-68

The Role of Systems Biology in Predictive Health and Personalized Medicine

Eberhard O. Voit and Kenneth L. Brigham
Integrative BioSystems Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

ABSTRACT

Increasing health care costs mandate a shift in our thinking about health and disease from treatment to prevention. Effective prevention requires that we improve our abilities to predict and personalize health and disease risks. The article proposes that systems biology will play an essential role in personalized health assessments.