Klappentext

This book gathers scientific contributions on comprehensive approaches to personalized medicine. In a systematic and clear manner, it provides extensive information on the methodological, technological, and clinical aspects of high-throughput analytics, nanotechnology approaches, microbiota / human interactions, in-vitro fertilization and preimplantation, and various diseases like cancer.
Moreover, the book analyzes the social and legal aspects of social security systems, healthcare systems and EU law e. g. the role of solidarity, regulatory possibilities and obstacles, justice and equality, privacy / disclosure of data, and the right to know from an interdisciplinary perspective. Lastly, it explores the economical and ethical context in the fields of business models, intellectual property issues, the patient / physician relationship, and price discrimination.