Application of Genomic Technology in Disease Outcome Prediction

Dear Colleagues,

Recent years have witnessed a fast development in the genomic technologies that has fast spaced the discoveries about the genomic function. This progress is expected to change the medicine and it form a foundation for the precision medicine. One area that would be impacted the most is the prediction of the course of the diseases and the prediction of the drug response. It is well-established that diseases in different individuals have different clinical features with variable clinical courses and variable drug response. Large part of this variability is caused by the genetic differences that interact with the environmental conditions leading to the sophisticated and complex outcomes. While the environmental conditions are not always easy to measure, detection of genomic features is straightforward thanks to the technology advancement. It is understandable that hopes are high to see breakthrough that genomics can potentially offer. Bearing this in mind we pulled together the Special Issue in Genes dedicated to the progress of genomic technologies in predicting disease outcomes.

Prof. Dr. Sulev Koks
Guest Editor

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