Pediatrics in 21st Century and Beyond
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- 作者：Meharban Singh
- 关键词：Human genome ; Revolution in medical genetics ; Stem cell banking ; Surgical wonders ; Vaccines for non ; infective disorders ; Holistic pediatrics
- 刊名：The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：83
- 期：12-13
- 页码：1420-1425
- 全文大小：261KB
- 刊物主题：Pediatrics; Gynecology;
- 出版者：Springer India
- ISSN：0973-7693
- 卷排序：83
文摘
Pediatrics is a dynamic discipline and there is awareness and hope for actualizing outstanding achievements in the field of child health in 21st century and beyond. Improved lifestyle and quality of children’s health is likely to reduce the burden of adult diseases and enhance longevity because seeds of most adult diseases are sown in childhood. Identification and decoding of human genome is expected to revolutionize the practice of pediatrics. The day is not far off when a patient will walk into doctor’s chamber with an electronic or digital health history on a CD or palmtop and a decoded genomic constitution. There will be reduced burden of genetic diseases because of selective abortions of “defective” fetuses and replacement of “bad” genes with “good” ones by genetic engineering. Availability of totipotent stem cells and developments in transplant technology are likely to revolutionize the management of a variety of hematologic cancers and life-threatening genetic disorders. The possibility of producing flawless designer babies by advances in assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) is likely to be mired by several ethical and legal issues.