Preparing Health Professionals for the Genetic Revolution
- 15 October 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 278 (15) , 1285-1286
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1997.03550150089043
Abstract
Imagine a physician discussing the results of a blood test with a patient that show the risk for colon cancer to be increased 4-fold and the risk for diabetes as twice normal. After discussing the meaning of the tests, the physician, the patient, and the nurse design a preventive medicine program to maximize the patient's chances of staying well. This scenario may not be as far-fetched or far off as it may seem. As a physician and as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), I am delighted by the explosion in knowledge of human gene function and its contribution to disease, and I welcome this theme issue on genetics in THE JOURNAL. Largely because of the Human Genome Project, a 15-year international effort nearing its halfway point,1,2disease gene discoveries and genetic technologies will increasingly drive biomedical research and theKeywords
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