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LONDON (Reuters) – The country plans to carry out genetic testing for all children with cancer and adults with serious diseases, to save half a million lives in a decade, health officials said.
According to the Telegraph newspaper, the "Genetic Revolution" program announced by the UK's National Public Health Authority, which relies on DNA testing, will increase survival rates in an attempt to eliminate diseases mortals in the country.
The tests will be part of a ten year plan.
By the end of this year, all children with cancer will have undergone genetic testing.
These genetic tests help to provide accurate treatment in the so-called "personal medicine" that aims to reduce the side effects of the disease. The idea of "personal therapy" is based on the size of the treatment, on the size of the patient, on the basis of its status, its genetic makeup and the required drug doses.
The UK authorities will do the same for adults, if they have cancers such as breast and prostate cancer, as well as for people at high risk for heart attacks and strokes.
The program will cost 20 billion pounds and 487,000 people should be saved by 2028.
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