A patient asks if the genetic tests being advertised on television can be used to create specific medication to treat a health problem. Which informatics professional should the nurse contact to answer this patient's question?
A) Bioinformatics
B) Structural informatics
C) Public health informatics
D) Translational bioinformatics
D) Translational bioinformatics
Explanation: A) Bioinformatics is often defined as studying biology by applying informatics skills to understand and organize the information associated with these molecules on a large-scale. Bioinformatics is primarily concerned with three types of data from molecular biology: macromolecular structures, genome sequences, and the results of functional genomics experimentation.
B) Structural informatics refers to research and practical applications concerned with representing, managing, and using information about the physical organization of the body.
C) Public-health informatics is the science of application of information technology in areas of public health, including prevention, preparedness, health promotion, and surveillance.
D) Translational bioinformatics combines applications of health informatics, bioinformatics, and structural informatics, to identify genomic and cellular mechanisms to explain and predict clinical phenomena. Translational bioinformatics develops innovative techniques for the integration of biological and clinical data to create a more personalized healthcare. The recent emergence of precision medicine, aimed at providing all individuals with access to personalized information for better health, builds heavily on translational-bioinformatics methods to develop accurate and personalized characterization of patient populations based on molecular, clinical, environmental exposures, lifestyle, and other patient information.
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