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Contents vii

Forensic genetics 136
Automatation 137
Human genetics and health system 138
Next-generation sequencing 139
Personalized medicine 141
Noninvasive prenatal test, a new step in
prenatal diagnosis 141
Current status of genomics in Argentina 142
References 143
CHAPTER 8 Economic Evaluation and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
of Genomic Medicine Interventions in Developing and
Emerging Countries 145
Anastasios Mpitsakos, Christina Mitropoulou, Theodora Katsila,
George P. Patrinos
Introduction 145
Developing and emerging countries—a worldwide
perspective 146
Developing and emerging countries—a European
perspective 147
Examples of economic evaluation and
cost-effectiveness analysis 149
Conclusion and future perspectives 155
References 156

CHAPTER 9 Raising Genomics Awareness Among the General
Public and Educating Healthcare Professionals on
Genomic Medicine 159
George P. Patrinos
Introduction 159
Genomics education of healthcare professionals 160
The concept 161
The Golden Helix conferences 161
The Golden Helix Academy 167
Conclusions and future perspectives 169
References 171
CHAPTER 10 The Genomic Medicine Alliance: A Global Effort to
Facilitate the Introduction of Genomics into Healthcare
in Developing Nations 173
David N. Cooper, Christina Mitropoulou, Angela Brand, Vita Dolzan,
Paolo Fortina, Federico Innocenti, Ming T.M. Lee, Milan Macek Jr.,
Konstantinos Mitropoulos, Fahd Al-Mulla, Barbara Prainsack,
Ron H. van Schaik, Alessio Squassina, Domenica Taruscio,
Effy Vayena, Athanassios Vozikis, Marc S. Williams, Bauke Ylstra,
George P. Patrinos
Introduction 173
Mission and goals of the genomic medicine alliance 175