Chapter 15Genomics and Medicine.ppt

Chapter 15Genomics and Medicine The impact of genomics on the practice of medicine Contents Medical promise of genomics High-throughput methods for genotyping Cancer genomics Microbial genomics and medicine Finding new drug targets Developing vaccines DNA vaccines Gene therapy What we hope to gain from genomics Drug, diagnostics, and prognostics development Genotyping to predict patient susceptibility to disease Personalized healthcare based on an individual’s genomic features Long term returns Personalized genotype databases Used to assess health risks throughout life Adjustments to lifesty