South West Thames Regional Genetic Services, London, UK and St George's, University of London, London, UK.
Barts Cancer Institute, London, UK and clinical research fellow, Genomics England, London, UK.
Clin Med (Lond). 2019 Jul;19(4):269-272. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-4-269.
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.
强大的新型基因组技术正在改变医疗保健。更快、更廉价的基因组数据生成正在推动基因组学融入所有医疗保健专业。在未来十年内,医疗保健专业人员将使用基因组数据来诊断和管理他们的患者。然而,尽管这些令人兴奋的进展,很少有临床医生意识到或准备好迎接这个基于基因组学的未来。通过五个以患者为中心的情景和相关采访,本文展示了新型基因组技术,同时强调了与复杂基因组数据相关的固有挑战。