BME 80H Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Pharmacogenomics, Gene Therapy, Genetic Testing
11 Jun 2018
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Handout: Future Projections (taken from Fast Forward to 2020:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/tnty.shtml
Significant increase in the number of new pharmaceuticals produced.
Your complete genome will be part of your medical records.
Medical treatments will be customized to the individual = pharmacogenomics (results in
making drugs more effective and lowering potential adverse reactions).
Gene therapy for diseases caused by disruption of a single gene will be commonplace.
Genetic testing for identity purposes will become routinely used in cases of paternity
testing, identification of missing persons, and mistaken identity.
May be able to direct growth of simple organs for transplantation purposes based on
increased knowledge of early embryonic development.
Much greater understanding of how life works and the development of very powerful
model systems for studying human disease.
1000 complete genomes of different organisms should be complete.
We will be able to build a living cell.
We will be no closer to understanding how intelligence works as an emergent property in
a multicellular organism.
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Document Summary
Handout: future projections (taken from fast forward to 2020: http://www. ornl. gov/sci/techresources/human_genome/medicine/tnty. shtml. Significant increase in the number of new pharmaceuticals produced. Your complete genome will be part of your medical records. Medical treatments will be customized to the individual = pharmacogenomics (results in making drugs more effective and lowering potential adverse reactions). Gene therapy for diseases caused by disruption of a single gene will be commonplace. Genetic testing for identity purposes will become routinely used in cases of paternity testing, identification of missing persons, and mistaken identity. May be able to direct growth of simple organs for transplantation purposes based on increased knowledge of early embryonic development. Much greater understanding of how life works and the development of very powerful model systems for studying human disease. 1000 complete genomes of different organisms should be complete. We will be able to build a living cell.
