Emory University and Georgia Tech will collaborate on a new project designed to leverage recent advances in genetics, information technology and nanotech to develop personalized medicines and treatments. The Predictive Health Initiative, based at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, will study the ways in which personalized medicine and other forward-looking strategies can improve care processes. This week the two schools host a conference on personalized medicine expected to draw many leading researchers in the field from around the country. Writer Tom Wolfe will address the social and cultural implications of recent advances in a keynote on Tuesday.
- see this article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution