All UK patients to be run through genomic tests

02 April 2022, 15:08 | Health 
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All UK patients to be run through genomic tests UK could become the first country in the world to offer genomic testing to all public hospital patients. This way they can count on personalized treatment..

The genomic test allows you to identify some of the characteristic features in the work of the body, which will enable doctors to choose the most optimal medicines and their dosage, that is, to develop a personalized treatment.. Experts in the field of medicine and futurology have repeatedly said that such targeted treatment, developed for each specific person, and not based on the same recommendations for everyone, is the medicine of the future.. And now it is quite possible that it is already coming to the UK, where for the first time in the history of medicine, ?150 DNA tests will be offered to almost all patients in public hospitals..

These tests will help eliminate prescribing drugs that, due to genetic characteristics, may not work, as well as prevent people from experiencing the harmful effects of other drugs that are simply not suitable for them.. Personalized prescriptions are called the most effective and accurate. Indeed, up to 90% of all existing prescriptions work in no more than 30% of people, and 7% of all hospitalizations in the UK are due to adverse reactions to the pills taken..

Genetic tests can be done on blood or saliva samples. Now they are offered only to patients with HIV infection and tumors, but by no means to everyone, and especially not to those who are prescribed common drugs.. Private hospitals in the US are already offering DNA testing to wealthy clients, but only the wealthy can afford it.. But in the UK, public health care is free, and this opportunity will have a significant impact on the effectiveness of treatment for millions of people..

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