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Genomics Symposium
Precision Medicine: The New
Paradigm
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Track type:
Symposium
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Date: 17 Sep 2021
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Time:
1050 - 1220
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Location: Seminar Room 5 |
Precision medicine, fueled by improved understanding of genomics, is rapidly changing how healthcare is being delivered. The traditional “one size fits all” model of medicine is changing to “personalised medicine”, where treatment is tailored to the individual’s genome and disease biology. The symposium will focus on pharmacogenomics, precision oncology and health economics in precision medicine.
Pharmacogenomics is the application of knowledge of genetic variations that affect an individual’s response to medications. it allows healthcare professionals to optimise the dose of the medication, and in some cases, choose an alternative medication that would minimise the risk of adverse events or poor efficacy. Precision Oncology uses the understanding of the individual’s genome together with the biology of the cancer to develop the most appropriate treatment for the individual.
Finally, one of the concerns with implementation of precision medicine is the possibility of increased cost to the healthcare system. However, analyses of large-scale genomic programmes have shown precision medicine to improve healthcare delivery with significant cost savings.
TOPIC 1:
Harnessing Host Response Genomics for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Infectious
TOPIC 2:
Using Large-scale Genomic Data Sets to Improve the Interpretation of Human Genetic Variation
TOPIC 3:
Precision Medicine in Singapore : Fostering Research and Innovation on a National-Scale
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