Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision Medicine
The Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision Medicine is a transdisciplinary enterprise that endeavors to develop and disseminate precision imaging and theranostic agents to impact patient-centric care. We are now able to offer this Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision Medicine at Johns Hopkins to serve the molecular imaging community and patients in need of precision agents. The Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision Medicine is heavily invested in chemistry and technology development in the service of imaging in keeping with the mission of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).
The Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision Medicine shares faculty, and functions collaboratively, with the following service centers at Johns Hopkins:
- Small Animal Resource Center
- Center for Translational Molecular Imaging
- F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging
- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Institute for Cell Engineering
- Image Response Assessment Team - SKCCC
What is Precision Medicine?
Precision medicine uses all available data for a particular patient to enable their best possible treatment and care. Molecular imaging contributes to this through the use of imaging agents which target specific biomarkers that are indicative of disease or response to therapy. Biomarkers are often proteins that are visible—and targetable—manifestations of a patient's genetic blueprint.