Medical genetics: a hope of translational medicine

Medical genetics had been generally considered as a young branch of genetics thirty years ago. However, it has been playing a more significant role in exploring the basic mechanism of almost all kinds of diseases, improving the diagnosis and treatment, as well as preventing them nowadays. It absorbs all the research methods and methodology of genetics. At the same time, it derives lots of branch subjects as a result of the diversity and complexity of disease types. In addition, the duty of medical genetics includes taking research products into practice to serve patients also makes it possess strong vital force. In the new century, one important trend of medical research is to transform the basic research production into clinical practice, which is called as "translational medicine".中文核心期刊要目总览(PKU)中国科学引文数据库(CSCD)018-83