Genetics and genomics in asthma and COPD: prediction and personalised medicine
Symposium Chairs: H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands), V. Schluenssen (Arhus, Denmark)
Aims: The audience will take away from this symposium an understanding of:
- the (im)possibility of using genomics and genetics to predict the efficacy of asthma/COPD treatment;
- the applicability of personalised medicine;
- the predictive value of genetic profiling from a methodological perspective;
- issues around psychological, behavioural and ethical aspects of genetic testing;
- the value of genetics compared to phenotypic and environmental factors in asthma and COPD;
- how current knowledge on primarly hereditary risk factors for asthma and other lung diseases improve prevention, treatment and prognosis of asthma.