We are living in an exciting period due to current innovations and developments in science. As we learn more about the human gene, we try to cluster disorders and diseases in order to have a positive effect on medicine [1]. The Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, WAS, USA) have developed the P4 medicine (or Predictive, Preventive, Personalised and Participatory medicine), in a move from traditional reactive medicine to proactive medicine. In the future, will the doctor actively search for the patient to predict and prevent a disease rather than wait? Will personalised and participatory care be given to all patients? [2]. There is no doubt that public health demand and research advances are pushing medicine into an era of transformation [3].
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