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Genomic and Precision Medicine: Neurological Diseases discusses the applications of genome discovery on the broad spectrum of pernicious conditions in this area - movement disorders, autism, epilepsy and depression included. Each chapter will be organized to cover the application of genomics and personalized medicine tools and technologies to a) Risk Assessment and Susceptibility, b) Diagnosis and Prognosis, c) Pharmacogenomics and Precision Therapeutics, and d) Emerging and Future Opportunities in the field.

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Author:   Geoffrey S. Ginsburg (Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA) ,  Huntington F Willard, PhD (Director & Principal, Geisinger National Precision Health, North Bethesda, Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Edition:   3rd edition
ISBN:  

9780128006832

ISBN 10:   0128006838
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Overview of Neuroscience and Genomics 2. Application of Human Genome Information to Clinical Practice 3. Translating genome information into clinical practice and human health 4. Big Data and Translational Bioinformatics Genomic and Personalized Medicine 5. Health Risk Assessment and Family History 6. Clinical Decision Support 7. Overview of Policy, Ethical and Social Considerations 8. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia 9. Parkinson's Disease 10. Epilepsy 11. Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder 12. Depression 13. Autism 14. Movement Disorders 15. Macular Degeneration 16. Glaucoma 17. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics 18. Case Studies

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Dr. Ginsburg is the founding Director of the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy. He is also Professor of Medicine and of Pathology at Duke University Medical Center, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke Pratt School of Engineering, and Co-Director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute. Huntington Willard is on the faculty of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. Prior to this appointment, Willard was the President and Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. He was previously on the faculty at Duke University, where he was founding director of the university-wide Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy from 2003 to 2014, the Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences, and the Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology & Genome Sciences.

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