Genomic Medicine

We apply Genetics in diagnostic procedures and therapeutic strategies for our patients.

What is Genomic Medicine

Genetics is the area of biology that studies the beginning of life and evolution of species and explains how biological inheritance is transmitted from generation to generation.

All genetic information and instructions specific to an individual are contained in deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. DNA is made up of units of information, called genes, which are linked to the development of a physiological function.

The human genome includes a total of 25,000 genes. Each of these genes has a specific sequence that allows it to perform its biological function, so that variations in the gene sequence (polymorphisms or mutations) often alter the function of these genes and are related to the development of many diseases. These mutations are transmitted to the family offspring, perpetuating the diseases from generation to generation.

Knowledge of the human genome sequence has revolutionized the field of medicine, since it allows the detection of modifications in the sequence of certain genes responsible for many diseases, and has enabled the development of Genomic Medicine, which recognizes the genetic predisposition of each individual to contract common diseases such as diabetes mellitus, asthma, vascular diseases (myocardial infarction, stroke, atherosclerosis), infectious diseases or cancer, among many others. In this way, Genomic Medicine allows for more precise, personalized and preventive care aimed at avoiding or delaying the onset or development of these diseases, and thus reducing the complications associated with them.

Genomic Medicine also studies DrugGenetics, that is, the genetic pattern of each individual related to the tolerance and effect of many drugs, which allows the possibility of developing a much more precise and less expensive treatment.

Genetic Risk

Each person is born predisposed by his or her genome to suffer from certain diseases (genetic risk factors). However, he/she does not have to develop them if he/she fights the environmental, emotional and behavioral factors that precipitate them before their manifestation.

There are people who represent a group at greater risk due to the type of activity they carry out and the pressure to which they are subjected: stress, the obligation to make risky decisions, nutritional imbalance, work conflicts, disruption of circadian rhythms associated with continuous travel that induce hormonal alterations and sleep disorders, problems of attention to the family environment, etc. These circumstances of permanent psychological pressure make this person a high-risk profile for suffering cardiovascular disorders, hypertension, cerebral accidents, depression, anxiety, insomnia, gastroenteropathies, immune deficits or psychosomatic diseases.

Conventional medical checkups are of limited usefulness for risk prediction of major health problems in advanced societies.

To prevent all these threats, the EuroEspes International Center for Neurosciences and Genomic Medicine, directed by Dr. Ramón Cacabelos, has been offering for years a pioneering program that predicts the risks of suffering from different diseases, especially those related to the central nervous and vascular systems.

Prevention is the best strategy to achieve a longer and healthier life.

80% Prediction

Approximately 80% of today's most important chronic pathologies can be predicted by identifying genetic risk factors.

Early identification

Today we can identify such risk many years before the manifestation of the first symptoms of the disease.

Preventive strategy

Early identification of disease risk brings important benefits to the individual and allows him or her to implement prevention strategies that avoid or significantly delay the clinical onset of the disease.

The importance of Genomic Medicine

The incorporation of genomics and the knowledge of the human genome allow the EuroEspes International Center for Neurosciences and Genomic Medicine to implement Prevention Plans for those individuals and family groups in which, generation after generation, a genetically based disease manifests itself.

Currently, we apply genetics in our diagnostic procedures and therapeutic strategies, providing personalized medicine for our patients. Genetic tests, which make it possible to obtain all this information in just a few days, are becoming commonplace in the most advanced healthcare protocols. Early detection of diseases, monitoring their evolution and avoiding the application of more expensive and standardized treatments, which in many patients are ineffective, make genetics the key to reducing health costs.

Patient Genetic Profile

The difference in genetic sequence makes each person unique.

Genetic diversity explains hair color, skin color, height, even eye color, but it also explains the risk of disease and the way our body responds to drug treatments.

Human Genome Project

Genetic testing offers unique opportunities to assist physicians in the management and in-depth understanding of a particular disease. Today, these tests can confirm a probable diagnosis, rule out diseases in a differential diagnosis, predict the occurrence of future diseases in a healthy individual, and assist couples in their family planning.

The future is promising, as advances in genetic technology will be able to help physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases through both pharmacogenetics (drugs selected for each individual based on his or her specific genetic profile) and gene therapy.

Genetic Variability

The sequencing of the human genome has provided the world of medicine with a new vision of the relationship between health and disease, offering the possibility of moving towards a more personalized medicine, taking into account individual genetic differences, the molecular causes of diseases and the influence of environmental factors in their development.

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