At the Cross Roads of Biology, IT and Big Data-Healthcare gets Personal

Each human is unique in his own ways. For treatments to be effective, it can't be based on what the averages are. "Biotech has progressed to the point where we're actually able to edit or code DNA …," said Andi Karaboutis, Executive VP of Biogen, who was detected with Greaves disease a decade ago and undergoing iodine ablation treatment. The doctors then did some stratification to the normal range to suit her body needs and within three weeks she was back to normal. "Internet of me", the combination of computing power and health research, can lead to treatments being personalized improving the healthcare benefits. Read more at: : http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/executive-insights-and-innovation/the-internet-of-me-is-getting-real-in-healthcare/d/d-id/1320348?