Personalised medicine part 2: Ophthalmological implications

In an earlier article, an overview was provided of the emerging world of ‘personalised medicine’ where patient care will increasingly involve the use of information of the genome of individual patients (click here to read the previous article). While this development is taking place across the entire spectrum of patient care, there are already some emerging applications within the various disciplines of ophthalmology. Sadagopan et al¹ provide a relevant overview of genetics for the eye care practitioner and offer a useful introduction to this rapidly evolving discipline. In this current article, the key themes identified include those of gene mapping, gene editing and stem cell treatments and details of specific clinical developments within these areas are outlined.