{"id":2691,"date":"2021-07-28T14:09:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T19:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genolife.ca\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2023-02-16T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:10:05","slug":"precision-medicine-its-utility-and-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genolife.ca\/en\/precision-medicine-its-utility-and-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision Medicine: Its Utility and Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i><a href=\"https:\/\/genolife.ca\/en\/prevention-genetics-for-the-benefit-of-your-health\/\">Last April<\/a>,we briefly touched the subject of Precision Medicine. Despite its name, this one does not always give precise answers. Although our knowledge of genetics has grown dramatically over the past 20 years, there is still a lot to discover. It is an innovative and promising way to integrate a patient&#8217;s genetic variations into their healthcare. The Genolife team is therefore pleased to present a series of articles which will allow you to learn a little more about the uses of this new branch of medicine, its limits and how genetic counseling can make a real difference.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>What is Precision Medicine?<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Precision medicine is when a person&#8217;s genetic information is used to more accurately diagnose or treat a medical problem. The medical problem can be either:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Already existing (individual with a disease);<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A future risk (individual who is at risk of suffering from a disease or of transmitting a genetic disease to his children)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Precision medicine is already used in several healthcare areas. This is the case of <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/genolife.ca\/en\/precision-medicine-family-planning-and-pregnancy-1-3\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family planning and \/ or during pregnancy<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/genolife.ca\/en\/precision-medicine-genetic-diseases-2-3\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prevention in the event of a history of genetic diseases<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and helping a doctor to <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/genolife.ca\/en\/precision-medicine-targeting-treatment-3-3\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">choose a treatment adapted<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the situation of his patient. Other uses for precision medicine are also being explored and will become available over the next few years.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><strong>Nathalie Bolduc, MSc, CGAC, CGC<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Certified genetic counselor<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last April,we briefly touched the subject of Precision Medicine. Despite its name, this one does not always give precise answers. Although our knowledge of genetics has grown dramatically over the past 20 years, there is still a lot to discover. It is an innovative and promising way to integrate a patient&#8217;s genetic variations into their healthcare. The Genolife team is therefore pleased to present a series of articles which will allow you to learn a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[384,337,5],"tags":[379,103,102,39],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Precision Medicine: Its Utility and Limits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do you know about precision medicine? 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