7 news posts in Personalized medicine

Mental health from supermarket shelves? This is the evidence we have about over-the-counter herbal products and dietary supplements used for depression

Guest editorial by Rachael Frost, a senior lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University and author of a new Frontiers in Pharmacology article.

Health

26 Jun 2025

New gene therapy delivery device could let hospitals create personalized nanomedicines on-demand

Rare diseases affect millions worldwide, yet the one-size-fits-all model of drug development leaves patients with few treatment options. Now a European research project called NANOSPRESSO aims to tip the balance in patients’ favor by boosting access to low-cost bespoke gene and RNA therapies.

Health

14 May 2018

Stem cells from adults function just as well as those from embryos

Stem cells from elderly donors can be used for personalized treatment of age-related chronic and degenerative diseases: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Presurgical imaging may predict whether epilepsy surgery will work

A new method described in Frontiers in Neuroscience may help identify epilepsy patients at high risk of continued seizures.

Cystic fibrosis: Discovery of a key molecule for improving treatments

A study in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology opens a new personalized-medicine avenue to treating cystic fibrosis

Neuroscience

03 Oct 2017

Modeling brain connections to understand Parkinson’s disease

A new model in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience finds differences in basal ganglia connection strengths between healthy and Parkinson’s disease brains.

Health

18 Jul 2017

Depression affects the brains of males and females differently

New findings suggest that adolescent girls and boys might experience depression differently and that sex-specific treatments could be beneficial for adolescents.