Middleton-Price Helen, Finegold Peter, Talks Zoe, Donnai Dian
The Nowgen Center, 29 Grafton St, Manchester, M13 9WU , UK.
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
Per Med. 2008 Sep;5(5):435-439. doi: 10.2217/17410541.5.5.435.
It is now widely agreed that genetics is set to play a major role in healthcare; 'personalized' medicine, new approaches for treating cancer, and stem cell therapies are typical of the exciting areas of development, whilst large-scale epidemiological studies are uncovering genetic factors in pathways involved in complex disease. Nowgen, A Center for Genetics in Healthcare is a publicly funded organization examining the wider impact of genetics and genomics on the delivery of 21st century medicine. We recognize that the adoption of new technologies and treatments will be shaped by many factors, including public and patient beliefs and attitudes, the knowledge of professionals, and wider business approaches to these innovations. Our role is also to consider these developments within the UK National Health Service. We place ourselves at the center of the current discourse between these groups, setting out to perform applied research, inform and canvass opinion, disseminate knowledge, monitor developments and inform policy relating to the future of genetic medicine.
现在人们普遍认为，遗传学将在医疗保健领域发挥重要作用；“个性化”医学、治疗癌症的新方法以及干细胞疗法是令人兴奋的典型发展领域，而大规模流行病学研究正在揭示复杂疾病相关途径中的遗传因素。Nowgen，一个医疗保健遗传学中心，是一个由公共资金资助的组织，正在研究遗传学和基因组学对21世纪医学提供的更广泛影响。我们认识到，新技术和治疗方法的采用将受到许多因素的影响，包括公众和患者的信念与态度、专业人员的知识以及对这些创新的更广泛商业方法。我们的作用还包括在英国国家医疗服务体系内考虑这些发展。我们将自己置于这些群体当前讨论的中心，着手进行应用研究、提供信息并征求意见、传播知识、监测发展情况以及为与遗传医学未来相关的政策提供信息。
