One step the medical school is taking to help with indigent care in Wyandotte County is opening a free clinic. When it begins operating in the spring semester, it will offer care one day per week. The Kansas University Hospital has a completely separate administration from the medical school. We know a lot about how genes are arranged. We will be spending a lot of time in proteomics, the study of proteins.
Proteins are what get things done.
Genomics, as the new field of genetic science and medicine is called, offers the prospect that everyone's genetic code will be known shortly after they are born. Genetic predisposition to diseases will be known from the start of a person's life. Plus, medicines will be designed to interact with a person's specific genetic code. We'll be practicing a much more preventative medicine. Contact the Research Web Administrator with questions or comments about this page.