User:Drmalikusa/Scope of medicine in today's world

--Drmalikusa (talk) 04:06, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Scope of medicine in today's world appears to be very myriad and complicated yet a closer look leads us to an understanding that very few management protocols actually eliminate or target the disease etiology. Majority of the diseases are symptomatically managed for instance take the example of common cold. Corona virus or the rhino virus which are mainly responsible for the appearance of common cold signs and symptoms are virtually never targeted. With the advent of molecular genetics, completion of human genome project and targeted therapy which is evolving very rapidly, we are starting to understand the functioning and the malfunctioning of our world within at the molecular level to the extent that we will soon be able to use nanotechnology to alter our world within to treat and possibly cure any challenging disease.

For instance lets look at the existing and upcoming novel targeted therapies for the treatment of metastatic Breast cancer in which the tumor cells are HER 2+.
 * 1) Herceptin (Trastuzumab)
 * 2) Tykerb (Lapatinib)