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The future of genomic medicine: can it fulfil its promises?

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Last week geneticist Dr Charles Steward shared with us his experiences of searching for a genetic cause for his children’s rare neurological diseases. While it is a very rare form of epilepsy, it is such a cheap and harmless medication that it is often used as a first-line therapy for infants in intensive care who have no genetic diagnosis.

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The microbiome in precision medicine

Drug Discovery World

With 100-fold the number of genes in the human genome 1 , this microbial collection is a rich genetic signature of clinical significance that we have only recently gained the tools to explore. Collectively, these systems biology bioinformatic puzzles often require partnerships to solve.