Journal of Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy
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Genetic Medicine

Genetic medicine is a newer term for medical genetics. It incorporates areas such as gene therapy, personalized medicine and predictive medicine.

Medical genetics is the branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders. Medical genetics differs from human genetics in that human genetics is a field of scientific research that may or may not apply to medicine, while medical genetics refers to the application of genetics to medical care the study of typically non-medical phenotypes such as the genetics of eye color would be considered part of human genetics, but not necessarily relevant to medical genetics.