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- Title
A Review of Genome-Based Precision Medicine Efforts Within the Department of Defense.
- Authors
Poon, Lucas; Por, Elaine D; Cho, Hyun Joon; Oliver, Thomas G
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>Providing patient-specific clinical care is an expanding focus for medical professionals and researchers, more commonly referred to as personalized or precision medicine. The goal of using a patient-centric approach is to provide safer care while also increasing the probability of therapeutic success through careful consideration of the influence of certain extrinsic and intrinsic human factors in developing the patient care plan. Of increasing influence on patient care is the phenotype and genotype information gathered from employing various next-generation sequencing methods. Guided by and partnered with our civilian colleagues, clinical components within the DoD are embracing and advancing genomic medicine in many facets-from the bench to the bedside-and in many therapeutic areas, from Psychiatry to Oncology. In this PubMed-based review, we describe published clinical research and interventions within the DoD using genome-informed data and emphasize precision medicine efforts in earlier stages of development with the potential to revolutionize the approach to therapeutics.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>The new PubMed database was searched for articles published between 2015 and 2020 with the following key search terms: precision medicine, genomic, pharmacogenetic, pharmacogenomic, US military, and Department of Defense.<bold>Results: </bold>Eighty-one articles were retrieved in our initial search. After screening the abstracts for studies that only involved direct testing of (or clinical interaction with) active duty, Reserve, National Guard, or civilian personnel working within the DoD and excluding any epidemiological or microbial isolation studies, seven were included in this review.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>There are several programs and studies within the DoD, which investigate or use gene-based biomarkers or gene variants to deliver more precise clinical assessment and treatment. These genome-based precision medicine efforts aim to optimize the clinical care of DoD beneficiaries, particularly service members in the operational environment.
- Subjects
UNITED States. Dept. of Defense; INDIVIDUALIZED medicine; MEDICAL protocols; UNITED States armed forces; GENETIC variation; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Military Medicine, 2022, Vol 187, p25
- ISSN
0026-4075
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/milmed/usab243