medical genetics

Galton Institute newsletter issue 67
Publication Date: June 2008
Editor: Milo Keynes
Publication contents:

The Galton Institute, New President; Conference 2008; Medicine may change our genes; The Human Genome; Report of Innovation and Evolution workshop; Genetic Testing: Uses and Limitation; The Powers of Natural Selection

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Galton Institute newsletter issue 78
Publication Date: Summer 2012
Editor: Dr Geoffrey Vevers
Publication contents:

Editorial; Obituary: Earl Kitchener; Encouraging Good Research Practice in Sixth Formers; The Human and Medical Genetics Archives Project; European Human Behaviour and Evolution Conference 2012; Fertility and Reproduction Seminars; EHBEA Workshop; Book Review

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Genetics in Medicine 3 – Precision Medicine
Publication Date: October 2016
Author: Helen Middleton‐Price, Andrew P Read, Dian Donnai
Publication contents:

Exploring the revolution in medicine built on a growing understanding of molecular mechanisms and the extraordinary advances in DNA sequencing technology. What should be in the laboratory report? Ethical considerations. Precision medicine treatments for rare diseases. Dietary management of genetic conditions. Enzyme replacement therapy. Drug treatments. Anti‐sense therapy. Gene therapy. Gene editing. Three‐parent embryos – preventing mitochondrial disease. Progress in stem‐cell therapies. Type I diabetes. Multiple sclerosis. Pharmacogenetics. How does genetic variation influence drug acƟon? Absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination (ADME). The variable effect of a drug on its target molecule Adverse drug reactions. Companion diagnostics. Defining the cancer genome. Treatments in cancer. Precision drug treatments for cancer. Targeted therapies for cancer. Combating acquired resistance. Companion diagnostics in cancer treatment. Non‐surgical testing – ‘liquid biopsies’

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