Genomics And Personalized Medicine
With advancements in the technology people are inclining more on tweaking the genome make up to avoid dread full diseases like cancer or genetic disorders like Down’s Syndrome, or simply to have strong progeny.
The genomics market is already exploding, and sales could increase to $2.1 billion by 2015, compared with $700 million in 2005. So far, cancer screening, pre-natal testing, and "companion diagnostics" (which are used to determine how safe another type of therapy is), are the three main areas where this tech is getting used, but in near future the technology may be used for various other reasons too.
With advancements in the technology people are inclining more on tweaking the genome make up to avoid dread full diseases like cancer or genetic disorders like Down’s Syndrome, or simply to have strong progeny.
The genomics market is already exploding, and sales could increase to $2.1 billion by 2015, compared with $700 million in 2005. So far, cancer screening, pre-natal testing, and "companion diagnostics" (which are used to determine how safe another type of therapy is), are the three main areas where this tech is getting used, but in near future the technology may be used for various other reasons too.
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