Essentials of Medical Genomics

Provides a summary of what a medical practitioner should know about genomics. This book takes the state-of-the-art in research and shows why it is important for medicine. It incorporates useful boxes that refresh the reader on various concepts.

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This introductory reference provides a practical, concise summary of everything a physician needs to know about genomics and emerging technologies. Through extensive illustrative examples, this book offers a clear and concise starting point to understanding how medicine has been, and will be, transformed by genomics and bioinformatics. Beginning with a clear overview on the Human Genome Project and its revolutionary impact, the book further investigates new technologies in detail, including: high-throughput DNA sequencing, genome sequence databases, microarrays, proteomics, pharmacogenomics, genetic testing, and gene therapy.