Precision medicine in COVID-19 patients

ABSTRACT

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has emerged as one of the deadliest pandemics that humanity has ever seen, affecting almost all countries in the world. The pandemic has taken a severe toll on the almost all realms of the society. The management of the pandemic is further complicated by the emergence of various strains of virus and differing phenotypes of severity in a population. The complex interplay between underlying host factors and evolution of viral strains makes it a daunting task to standardize the treatment protocols across a population. In this context, it is imperative to look into the solutions that the precision medicine may provide us for categorizing patient population, in tailoring treatment and in identifying newer treatment targets. In this review, we discuss the possibilities that precision medicine put forward in tackling COVID-19 pandemic.