TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Wellness
A1  - McCarthy, Jeanette J.
A1  - Mendelsohn, Bryce A.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Precision Medicine: A Guide to Genomics in Clinical Practice
AB  - Over  a  million  people  have  taken  advantage  of  direct-to-consumer  genetic  testing,  mostly  through  the  genetic  testing  company  23andMe.  Some  are  motivated  by  the  desire  to  know  their  ancestry,  while  others  hope  to  gain  insight  into  their  disease  risks.  We  are  also  seeing  the  launch  of  dozens  of  local  and  international  projects  that  will  generate,  and  hopefully  return  results  of  the  genome  sequences  of  millions  of  people.  These  include  efforts  by  the  U.S.  Precision  Medicine  Initiative  Cohort,  Human  Longevity,  Inc.,  the  Million  Vets  Program,  Genome  England's  100K  Genome  Project,  the  Saudi  Human  Genome  Program,  and  others[1].  It  is  expected  that  genome  sequencing  will  become  a  part  of  routine  health  care  in  the  not  too  distant  future.  Most  of  this  sequencing  will  be  done  on  ostensibly  healthy  individuals.  Health  care  providers  need  to  be  aware  of  the  value  and  limitations  of  genome  sequencing,  as  they  will  likely  encounter  a  patient  who  has  this  information  in  hand  and  asks  them  what  it  means.  This  chapter  will  help  prepare  health  care  providers  for  a  healthy  patient  coming  to  them  with  their  genomic  information.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1134735739
ER  -