Medical Genomics Primer on Medical Genomics Part VI: Genomics and Molecular Genetics in Clinical Practice

Individual reprints of this article are not available. The entire Primer on Medical Genomics will be available for purchase from the Pro-ceedings Editorial Office at a later date. An important milestone in medical science is the recent completion of a “working draft ” of the human genome sequence. The identification of all human genes and their regulatory regions provides the framework to expedite our understanding of the molecular basis of disease. This ad-vance has also formed the foundation for a broad range of genomic tools that can be applied to medical science. These developments in global gene and gene product analysis as well as targeted molecular genetic testing are destined to change the practice of modern medicine. Despite these exciting advances, many practicing clinicians perceive that the role of molecular genetics, especially that of genomics