Interview

A new two-volume reference set edited by the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) Director Huntington Willard and Director of the IGSP's Center for Genomic Medicine Geoff Ginsburg covers the scientific foundations and practical applications of new discoveries in genomic medicine, as well as the ethical, legal/regulatory and social issues related to its practice. The books, entitled Genomic and Personalized Medicine, include chapters by many of the world's leading experts in the field, including several from Duke. Ginsburg spoke to Personalized Medicine about this more than 1500 page work that he calls the first definitive and comprehensive text on genomic and personalized medicine and what he hopes it will do for this rapidly emerging field.