Department of Molecular medicine, Australia
Commentary Article
Opportunities and Tensions in Convergence: Emerging Molecular Medicine's Emerging Concepts of Disease
Author(s): Johnson Philippe*
A new wave of biomedical technologies has emerged as a result of the convergence
of ICT, nanotechnology, and biomedical sciences, resulting in visions of "molecular
medicine." This paper examines how the emerging field of molecular medicine
may alter both the definition of "disease" and the boundary between health and
disease, as new technologies frequently alter concepts of health and disease.
It provides a brief synopsis of molecular medicine's development and often
highly speculative visions. Following that, a brief discussion is given to three
common philosophical perspectives on disease: the physiological, normative, and
ontological (neo-ontological) concepts of disease. In light of this, two trends in
molecular medicine stand out: the use of a disease cascade model and the idea
that disease is a deviation from an individual patte.. View More»
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