Abstract
Obama’s precision medicine initiative made the medical community boil over after the initiative’s release. Precision medicine has been advocated by the majority of scientists and doctors. However, some experts have questioned this concept. This article does not oppose precision medicine. However, the incentive of vigorously promoting precision medicine at present is a concern.
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Yang, Z. Do not let precision medicine be kidnapped. Front. Med. 9, 512–513 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-015-0425-8
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