Essentials of Medical Genomics

ISBN: 9780471210030 出版年：2003 页码：294 Stuart M Brown Wiley

It should be no surprise to the readers of Clinical Chemistry that the age of the “-omic” technologies is upon us. Indeed, one cannot read the scientific or lay literature without repeatedly coming across breathless predictions of the marvelous scientific advances that await us “right around the corner”. All of us are undoubtedly familiar with the terms genomics and proteomics; many of those working in the field of laboratory medicine are taking advantage of the technologies and discoveries of these fields and are quite comfortable with advances that are closely related to their own work. However, not all are conversant with the length and breadth of the burgeoning discipline of medical genomics. It is to practicing clinicians and laboratorians who are not working in the field or who do not have expertise in all areas of genomics that this book is aimed—it sets out to give an overview of medical genomics, and it succeeds admirably. Before further consideration, it …