WASHINGTON — President Obama had one major challenge at his precision medicine summit on Thursday: avoid getting bogged down in jargon.
Instead he kept his eyes on the horizon, focusing on the benefits he envisions 10 years from now if precision medicine moves forward: better, more effective medical treatments tailored to individuals, and eventually lower costs because there will be less spending on treatments that don’t work.
“My hope is that this becomes the foundation, the architecture whereby 10 years from now we can look back and say we that we have revolutionized medicine in areas like cancer, or Alzheimer’s, or some of the other diseases that have caused so much pain and suffering for families all across the country,” Obama said during a panel discussion at the White House summit.
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