Progress in the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases in the era of genomic medicine / 中华内分泌代谢杂志

ABSTRACT

There are many different kinds of rare diseases, of which most are with serious, complicated, and non-specific symptoms, and great difficulties exist in both diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases. In the era of genomic medicine, with the extensive application of next-generation sequencing technology and in-depth research of gene therapy, the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases has ushered in a new turn. The next-generation sequencing technology enables high-throughput detection, assists in clinically efficient phenotypic assessment and disease diagnosis and promotes research on the pathogenesis and treatment of rare diseases; gene therapy technology continues to improve, and drugs are successively acquired, which brings the hope for cure to patients with rare diseases. This article will provide a brief overview of the advances and challenges of the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases in the era of genomic medicine.