Ethics of Personalised Medicine: Importance of the multidisciplinary
approach in KidneySign project.
Abstract
This article explores the issues involved in developing personalized
medicine as part of the KidneySign project, which aim is to mobilize
translational Big Data to validate a proteomic biomarker of renal
fibrosis. This research offers hope for the management of chronic kidney
disease in terms of early diagnosis and treatment. This article looks at
how the human and social sciences can be mobilized within the project to
study the adjoining ethical, legal and social issues. By highlighting
these aspects, this point of view defends a multidisciplinary approach
to personalized medicine and artificial intelligence in medicine. The
presentation of theoretical and methodological contributions of social
sciences in the case of KidneySign offers an opportunity to better
understand the integration of these disciplines into biomedical
research. It allows to question the study protocol itself and to frame
it through legal contributions (considering the legal aspects,
consequences and challenges). Moreover, by carrying out a sociological
study, one may identify key points and highlight the limits of the
technophile fantasy in the representations of patients and healthcare
professionals. The introduction of new technologies into medical
research and practice requires particular attention to ethics.