System and method for preventing, diagnosing, and treating genetic and pathogen-caused disease
First Claim
1. A system for developing a personalized treatment, the system comprising:
- a) a means for sequencing a gene and for providing at least one patient-specific gene sequence;
b) a database of known gene sequences and associated scripts assigned to said known gene sequences; and
c) a health monitor for interpreting said at least one patient-specific gene sequence, for receiving said associated scripts from said database, for presenting said associated scripts to a patient and for determining a degree of expressivity of a phenotype associated with a genotype based on a response of the patient to said associated scripts.
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Abstract
Genetic testing allows an individual to determine whether or not he or she has a predisposition to a certain disease. The degree of expressivity of a certain disease will be determined in part by an individual'"'"'s environment and lifestyle. The present invention interprets a patient'"'"'s gene sequence and his or her environment and lifestyle to come up with a personalized prognosis. This procedure can be repeated many times over the course of a disease state to monitor a patient'"'"'s condition. In addition, disease-causing pathogens can also have their genes sequenced. Using these sequences in combination with information about a patient'"'"'s environment and lifestyle, it is possible to come up with a personalized treatment plan, ideally to eliminate the pathogen. It is also possible to use the procedure described above to monitor the course of the disease-state produced by a pathogen. Finally, a genotype-to-phenotype map or database can be constructed for developing better treatments and for research purposes.
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1. A system for developing a personalized treatment, the system comprising:
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a) a means for sequencing a gene and for providing at least one patient-specific gene sequence; b) a database of known gene sequences and associated scripts assigned to said known gene sequences; and c) a health monitor for interpreting said at least one patient-specific gene sequence, for receiving said associated scripts from said database, for presenting said associated scripts to a patient and for determining a degree of expressivity of a phenotype associated with a genotype based on a response of the patient to said associated scripts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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