Precision Medicine for Endocrinology

In the recent decades, major biotechnological advances have been achieved following the sudden escalation of disease-related molecular information, with the potential for greatly advancing patient care. The human genome was depicted in year 2000, followed by the completion of the human genome project in 2003. Scientists have ignited a firestorm of breakthroughs in genomic information, by laying out, in order, the 3.2 billion units of human DNA. Innovative genomic technologies including whole-genome single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips, RNA interference high-throughput screening, microarrays and next-generation sequencing have also rapidly surfaced offering enormous potential in this field. This genomic revolution era offers unlimited possibilities and unlimited possibilities including the development of individualized medical necessities for each human, based on his unique genomic information (1).