Three ways genomics is already helping NHS patients—and three ways it will soon

England’s chief scientific officer is effuse in her praise of the “new era of genomic medicine” we are in. “It’s transforming patient care across cancer, rare diseases, diabetes, heart disease, and so much more—including for seriously ill babies—through faster and more accurate diagnoses, more effective and targeted treatments, and helping to predict and prevent conditions developing,” says Sue Hill.In the two decades since the first draft of the human genome was published, genomics has been synonymous with the future of medicine—one tantalisingly close and yet always seeming intangible to most patients and doctors. The NHS Genomic Medicine Service, launched in 2018, was intended to change that by embedding genomics in routine clinical care. Hill says it is “transforming the tools that clinicians have to deliver better care for patients—whole genome sequencing (WGS), large panels for cancer, RNA sequencing for rare diseases, and more—which is giving them more information about their…
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