Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Aug;94(2):224-9. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2013.9. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
The promise of genomic medicine has received great attention over the past decade, projecting how genomics will soon guide the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human diseases. However, this evolution has been slower than forecast, even where evidence is often strong (e.g., pharmacogenomics). Reasons include the requirement for institutional resources and the need for the will to push beyond barriers impeding health-care changes. Here, we illustrate how genomics has been deployed to advance the treatment of childhood leukemia.
过去十年中,基因组医学的前景引起了广泛关注,人们预测基因组学将很快指导人类疾病的预防、诊断和治疗。然而,即使在证据通常很充分的情况下(例如,药物基因组学),这一演变速度也比预期的要慢。原因包括对机构资源的需求以及克服阻碍医疗保健变革的障碍的意愿。在这里,我们举例说明了如何利用基因组学来推进儿童白血病的治疗。