Genomics: the power, potential and pitfalls of the new technologies and how they are transforming healthcare

Powerful new genomic technologies are transforming healthcare. The faster, cheaper generation of genomic data is driving the integration of genomics into all healthcare specialties. Within the next decade, healthcare professionals will be using genomic data to diagnose and manage their patients. How...

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Published in:Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2019-07, Vol.19 (4), p.269-272
Main Authors: Josephs, Katherine S, Berner, Alison, George, Angela, Scott, Richard H, Firth, Helen V, Tatton-Brown, Katrina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colorectal cancer
Committees
continuing medical education
Convulsions & seizures
Epilepsy
Genes
Genetic disorders
Genetics
Genomes
Genomics
Health education
Medicine
Mutation
next generation sequencing
Patients
personalised medicine
Power
Update
variant
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Summary:Powerful new genomic technologies are transforming healthcare. The faster, cheaper generation of genomic data is driving the integration of genomics into all healthcare specialties. Within the next decade, healthcare professionals will be using genomic data to diagnose and manage their patients. However, despite these exciting advances, few clinicians are aware of or prepared for this genomics-based future. Through five patient-focused scenarios with accompanying interviews, this article showcases new genomic technologies while highlighting the inherent challenges associated with complex genomic data.
ISSN:1470-2118
1473-4893
DOI:10.7861/clinmedicine.19-4-269