Personalized Medicine
PrimaSoft Technologies in collaboration with industry leaders enables select DNA Genomics testing to be made available to individuals and organizations with the use of connected IoT technologies. PrimaSoft Technologies provides healthcare IoT solutions that enable individuals to connect with laboratories and physicians for certain types of healthcare testing without having to visit a clinic or hospital.
Personalized medicine holds the promise that treatments will one day be tailored to your genetic makeup.
Modern medications save millions of lives a year. Yet any one medication might not work for you, even if it works for other people. Or it might cause severe side effects for you but not for someone else.
Your age, lifestyle and health all influence your response to medications. But so do your genes. Pharmacogenomics is the study of how a person’s unique genetic makeup (genome) influences his or her response to medications.
Precision medicine aims to customize health care, with decisions and treatments tailored to each individual in every way possible. Pharmacogenomics (PGx) is part of precision medicine.
Pharmacogenomics (PGx)
Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs. This relatively new field combines pharmacology (the science of drugs) and genomics (the study of genes and their functions) to develop effective, safe medications and doses that will be tailored to a person’s genetic makeup.
Many drugs that are currently available are “one size fits all,” but they don’t work the same way for everyone. It can be difficult to predict who will benefit from a medication, who will not respond at all, and who will experience negative side effects (called adverse drug reactions). Adverse drug reactions are a significant cause of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. With the knowledge gained from the Human Genome Project, researchers are learning how inherited differences in genes affect the body’s response to medications. These genetic differences will be used to predict whether a medication will be effective for a particular person and to help prevent adverse drug reactions.
PrimaSoft Technologies in collaboration with industry leaders provides access to DNA Pharmacogenomics (PGx) testing. DNA Pharmacogenomics (PGx) testing saves lives and saves money.
Cancer Screening
Genetics can help you tell your risk for getting cancer. Study of inherited traits, such as hair or eye color, that are passed from one generation to the next through genes. Your risk for certain cancers can be inherited, or passed through your genes. The test for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is a genetic test that can help to predict your risk for getting breast or ovarian cancer. Once you know your genetic risk for cancer, you can take steps to lower that risk, such as making lifestyle changes.
Recent studies have revolutionized our understanding of the genomic underpinnings of cancer development and progression. This knowledge has led to new methods of diagnosing and treating cancer. Emerging clinical applications of cancer genomics include monitoring treatment responses and indicating ways of resistance. With advancement in DNA analysis, the scope of genetic testing has widened in different areas, mainly in pharmacogenomics, predictive testing, and prenatal testing. Genetic testing also enhances the early detection of breast cancer.
PrimaSoft Technologies in collaboration with industry leaders provides access to DNA Cancer Screening testing. DNA Cancer Screening testing saves lives and saves money.
Women’s Health
According to the World Health Organization, two of the most common cancers affecting women are breast and cervical cancers. Worldwide, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer among women and the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death, accounting for nearly 300,000 deaths annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur every year in the United States. Researchers estimate
That HPV is responsible for more than 30,000 cases of cancer each year, including nearly all cases of cervical and anal cancer, about 75% of vaginal cancer, 70% of oropharynx cancer, and 69% of vulvar cancer.
Traditionally, vaginal infections are diagnosed using a combination of gynecological examination methods often including a vaginal pH test, a microscopic evaluation (gram-stain and/or wet mount), and an amine order test. However, such procedures have an approximately 30% chance of failure and cannot detect common, mixed infections.
PrimaSoft Technologies in collaboration with industry leaders provides access to Women’s Health testing. Women’s Health testing saves lives and saves money.
