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The National Academies' Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health: Where we have been and where we are heading.

📅 October 7, 2021 👤 Ginsburg Geoffrey, Penny Michelle, Feero W Gregory et al. 📖 American journal of human genetics

🤖 Plain-English Summary

The clinical application of genetics and genomics to advance precision health is one of the most dynamic and promising areas of medicine. Roundtable members explore how evidence-based discoveries in genomics could be adopted and used in innovative ways to better serve human health, how equitable access to genomic and precision health technologies can be ensured, and how the Roundtable and broader genomics and precision health community can communicate more effectively to inform the public regard...

🔑 Key Findings

  • In 2020, building on nearly 15 years of work, the Roundtable on Genomics and Precision Health of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine undertook a strategic planning process to assess its strengths, consider the current challenges facing the field, and set out new goals for its future work.
  • As a result, the Roundtable has updated its vision and mission and prioritized four major areas of inquiry-innovation, dialogue, equity, and adoption-while keeping true to its founding goal of providing a neutral convening space for the diversity of stakeholders in genomics and precision health.
  • The Roundtable is unique for its breadth of membership and is committed to fostering a new era for precision health built on decades of expanding knowledge and the emergence of new technologies.

💡 Why This Matters

Understanding this could lead to better treatments, improved diagnostics, or a deeper grasp of how the human body works — benefiting patient care globally.

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📋 Article Details

Category 🧬 Medicine & Biology
Published Oct 07, 2021
Journal American journal of human genetics
Authors Ginsburg Geoffrey, Penny Michelle, Feero W Gregory, Miller Mona, Addie Siobhan
DOI 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.08.015
Source PubMed

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