NEWS FLASH
The University of Bridgeport (UB) and Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, internationally acclaimed clinician, researcher and author of the bestselling Eat Right 4 Your Type, announced today the collaborative launch of the Center for Excellence in Generative Medicine (COE) which will be located at 115 Broad Street across from the UB Health Sciences Complex on campus, and it is scheduled to open in Spring 2012. [READ MORE]
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The Generative Medical Model
In 2009, Dr. Peter D'Adamo and the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine co-created the Center of Excellence in Generative Medicine. Beginning in 2012, the Center will research, develop and employ the tools of systems analysis, molecular biology and bioinformatics to better understand the unique and complex self-healing behaviors that are the basis of naturopathic philosophy and therapy. All naturopathic students participate directly in the Center via programs in clinical practicum, investigation, symposia and didactics that are integrated throughout the four year curriculum. The Center of Excellence in Generative Medicine is a frontiers-focused biomedical initiative without parallel or equivalent in any other school of medicine.
Generative Science
The root of all generative science is the quality of emergence and the process of self-organization. If we can summarize holism as the "whole is greater than the sum," then emergence might be paraphrased as "levels of significance arise with new hierarchies." Emergence is central to the theories of integrative levels and of complex systems. These properties allow for a holistic interpretation of events, versus the more common linear interpretation seen in reductionism, the heretofore dominant medical worldview.
For example, a single molecule of water does not possess a "temperature" in any exact sense of the word. Yet a glass of water can most certainly be hot or cold. Temperature thus is an emergent property of water. The nature of emergent properties is to self-organize. Self-organization is a characteristic of all living things, from cell membranes, to organ development, to brain neuroplasticity. Generative forms are multi-centered: there is no single chain of command that runs from the top of the pyramid to the rank and file below. There are many web-like networks that become more or less active, and often their complex behavior stems from interactions between very simple components.
Generative medicine employs the tools of systems biology, including network theory, complexity theory and bioinformatics (a type of information technology) to better understand the complex behaviors seen in both health and disease. These behaviors go beyond simple cause-and-effect relationships and provide for a better understanding of the relationships between the individual parts, whether they are genes, cell organelles, organ systems or even an individual's place in society. Naturopathic systems analysis can provide better approaches to safer and more individualized treatments of sickness and the enhancement of well-being.
Fundamentals of Generative Medicine, Volume I: Concepts, Systems and Pathways by Peter J. D'Adamo, ND. MIFHI
Knowing the biology of the polymorphisms defining the metabolic and signaling pathways associated with an intervention, and the imbalance or pathology it treats, is potentially of immediate benefit to the patient.
Integrative pharmacogenomics studies the true diversity of responders and therefore leads to personalized treatment regimens that ensure the administration of the right treatment for the right person at the right time. Foundations of Generative Medicine, Volume 1 is the reference guide for the didactic education modules of the new Center of Excellence in Generative Medicine Studies at the University of Bridgeport.
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