Personalised Medicine

Ulster University - Derry Campus

Course code
8H21
QQI level
Level 8
NFQ type
Duration
3 years
Attendance
CAO points
NFQ Level 8

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Course summary

Personalised Medicine (also known as stratified medicine or precision medicine) is at the cutting edge of a new era in healthcare. By learning how genes, lifestyle and the environment influence disease and affect the success of treatments, we can understand which treatments are best for each patient. Personalised Medicine involves discovering biomarkers (such as genes or proteins) that can determine who is at risk of developing a disease, how severe the disease will be and who will respond better to one therapy versus another, revolutionising how quickly patients receive effective treatment and transforming the efficiency of healthcare.