“We have seen the future and the future is …”

Gene chips

• Health care experts predict that at the time of birth, every individual will receive a birth certificate and a personal “gene chip”

• Gene chip will contain the patient’s “functional” genomic signature

• Health care professionals will use chips to determine disease susceptibility and how the patient will respond to the environment and to drugs.

• The ability to interpret genome-based information will become an essential skill for understanding disease and optimizing drug therapy for each patient.