Genomics

Genomics

Genomics is a subfield of molecular biology that studies the structure, function, and mapping of genomes. It entails a thorough examination of the DNA components within an organism’s cell. In comparison to biology, which focuses on human genes, genomics incorporates the analysis of the whole genome (Ginsburg, 456). The area is broad, taking into account how genes interact with one another and the interactions within the genome, as well as how they influence the functioning of cells in the body.

Genomics in Personalized Medicine

Genomics has made significant contributions to hospital policy and treatment administration. The invention of the personalized medicine platform has changed the healthcare industry. It is an emerging medical discipline that involves using genomic information about a person as part of their medical and clinical care. Through the application of genomics, the healthcare sector is in a position to improve medication components of diagnosis, develop more and effective prevention and treatment of diseases as well as avoid drug side effects. Genomics in Personalized Medicine has allowed the utilization of personal information to tailor strategies and medications for diagnosing and treating diseases to maintain people’s health. In this practice, information about a person is combined with concern to symptoms, traditional medical test results, medical and family history and certain genomic information in tailoring the medical strategies to be used in treatment (Kumar, 361).

Personalized Treatments

Therefore based on a patient’s genomic information, physicians can make an accurate diagnosis and determine personalized treatments of the individual involved. With the required genomic information concerning a person, medication can be made with the avoidance of violent incidences happening (Dellaire, 231). In that context, therefore, medicine administration will be administered by the genomic constitution of the individual for effective medication. Therefore medical practitioners will recommend medicine that will work best in the concerned person’s body and avoid side effects that could arise as a result of drug reactions with the genomes.

Work Cited

Dellaire, Graham, Jason N. Berman, and Robert Arceci. Cancer Genomics: From Bench to Personalized Medicine. , 2014. Internet resource.

Ginsburg, Geoffrey S, and Huntington F. Willard. Genomic and Personalized Medicine: Vol. 1. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2013. Print.

Kumar, Dhavendra, and Charis Eng. Genomic Medicine: Principles and Practice. , 2015. Print.

Sweet, Kevin M, and Ron C. Michaelis. The Busy Physician’s Guide to Genetics, Genomics and Personalized Medicine. Dordrecht: Springer, 20116. Internet resource.

Tutton, Richard. Genomics and the Reimagining of Personalized Medicine. , 2014. Print.