This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Google Scholar Articles by Manamperi, A. PubMed Articles by Manamperi, A. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Current Developments in Genomics and Personalized Health Care: Impact on Public Health

Molecular Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, amanamperi{at}yahoo.com

The knowledge gained from the characterization of genomes, especially the human genome, holds considerable potential for the development of new health care innovations for prevention, diagnosis, and management of many diseases in the coming decade. However, owing to the presence of highly complex scientific, economic, social, and ethical issues associated with this field, societies will need to be better prepared for the era of postgenomics and its consequences. It is important to ensure that the benefits of genomics are distributed fairly among all the countries of the world and that the well-tried and more conventional approaches to medical research and practice are not neglected while the medical potential of genomics is being explored. In this report, the author focuses mainly on human genomics, its applications, development of related technologies and issues related to the dissemination of knowledge derived from genome information, and finally, their impact on global health care.

Key Words: human genome project • genomic medicine • personalized health care • biomarkers • microarrays • bioinformatics

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?