Advances in genetic technologies are creating new applications for medicine. This site provides background information on the areas of genetics that have the potential to affect medicine most profoundly.

Learn more about basic genetics and genetics policy issues 

Human genome

The Human Genome Project is an international research effort to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome.

Proteomics

Proteomics is the study of protein structure and function, the study of which is a logical step following the efforts to sequence the human genome.

Gene therapy

Gene therapy is an innovative approach to cure genetic diseases by altering defects in the human genome.

Pharmacogenomics

This determines what the right medicine is for the individual patient based upon the small genetic variations that can be measured by genetic testing.

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