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Diffusion and use of genomic innovations in health and medicine : workshop summary /
Until fairly recently, genetic information was used primarily in the diagnosis of relatively rare genetic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington's Disease, but a transformation in the use of genetic and genomic information is underway. While many predictions have been made that genomi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2008.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Translation of innovations
- A broad perspective,
- Understanding types of innovation and implications for policy
- Lessons for genomics from other technologies
- Discussion
- Practical incentives and barriers to translation
- Translating medical innovations with appropriate evidence
- Assessing technology for use in health and medicine
- Integrating genetic technology into a health care system
- View from the trenches: challenges and opportunities in personalized medicine
- Discussion
- Translation of genomic technology at the clinical level
- A primary-care provider view of translating genomic innovation
- Introducing a genomic innovation to clinical practice.
- Discussion
- Opportunities and constraints for translation of genomic innovations
- The global perspective
- Finding value in translation of genomic-based research.
- Discussion
- Concluding remarks
- General observations.