Integration of Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine Could Lead to Future Medicine: Molecular Module Medicine

The development of an effective classification method for human health conditions is essential for precise diagnosis and delivery of tailored therapy to individuals. Contemporary classification of disease systems has properties that limit its information content and usability. Chinese medicine pattern classification has been incorporated with disease classification, and this integrated classification method became more precise because of the increased understanding of the molecular mechanisms. However, we are still facing the complexity of diseases and patterns in the classification of health conditions. With continuing advances in omics methodologies and instrumentation, we are proposing a new classification approach: molecular module classification, which is applying molecular modules to classifying human health status. The initiative would be precisely defining the health status, providing accurate diagnoses, optimizing the therapeutics and improving new drugdiscovery strategy. Therefore, there would be no current disease diagnosis, no disease pattern classification, and in the future, a new medicine based on this classification, molecular module medicine, could redefine health statuses and reshape the clinical practice.     

技术

芬兰赫尔辛基大学的研究人员在血管壁中发现了对加速和抑制血管新生起重要作用的干细胞,为治疗心血管病和癌症提供了新途径。     

器械

6月30日,经审查,国家药监总局正式批准两款二代基因测序仪及检测试剂盒应用于“无创产筛”,即为孕产妇筛查唐氏综合症等先天性基因缺陷风险,以避免新生儿出生缺陷。这是中国首次批准第二代基因测序诊断产品。