Medical genetics: a hope of translational medicine
- VernacularTitle:医学遗传学——医学研究成果转化的希望(英文)
- Author:
Ke YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Genetics,medical;
Peking University;
Development
- From:
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences)
2004;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Medical genetics had been generally considered as a young branch of genetics thirty years ago. However, ithas been playing a more significant role in exploring the basic mechanismof almost all kinds of diseases, improvingthe diagnosis and treatment, as well as preventing them nowadays. It absorbs all the research methods and method-ology of genetics. At the same time, it derives lots of branch subjects as a result of the diversity and complexity ofdisease types. In addition, the duty of medical genetics includes taking research products into practice to serve pa-tients also makes it possess strong vital force. In the new century, one important trend of medical research is totransform the basic research production into clinical practice, which is called as“translational medicine”.
