Genomic and Precision Medicine

Volume 7: Neurological Diseases
3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-12-800683-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 811 g

Genomic and Precision Medicine: Neurological Diseases discusses the applications of genome discovery on the broad spectrum of pernicious conditions in this area - movement disorders, autism, epilepsy and depression included. Each chapter will be organized to cover the application of genomics and personalized medicine tools and technologies to a) Risk Assessment and Susceptibility, b) Diagnosis and Prognosis, c) Pharmacogenomics and Precision Therapeutics, and d) Emerging and Future Opportunities in the field.

Zielgruppe

Medical students, life sciences and engineering graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, and residents and fellows working with any aspect of genomic research in the life sciences and/or medicine; educators and translational scientists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ginsburg, Geoffrey S

Willard, Huntington F

Brashear, Allison

Brooks-Kayal, Amy R

Haq, Ihtsham

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Humangenetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Overview of Neuroscience and Genomics 2. Application of Human Genome Information to Clinical Practice 3. Translating genome information into clinical practice and human health 4. Big Data and Translational Bioinformatics Genomic and Personalized Medicine 5. Health Risk Assessment and Family History 6. Clinical Decision Support 7. Overview of Policy, Ethical and Social Considerations 8. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia 9. Parkinson's Disease 10. Epilepsy 11. Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder 12. Depression 13. Autism 14. Movement Disorders 15. Macular Degeneration 16. Glaucoma 17. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics 18. Case Studies

Über Autor(innen)

Willard, Huntington F
Huntington Willard is on the faculty of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. Prior to this appointment, Willard was the President and Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. He was previously on the faculty at Duke University, where he was founding director of the university-wide Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy from 2003 to 2014, the Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences, and the Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology & Genome Sciences.

Ginsburg, Geoffrey S
Dr. Ginsburg is the founding Director of the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. He is also Professor of Medicine and of Pathology at Duke University Medical Center, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke Pratt School of Engineering, and Co-Director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute.