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Review
. 2025:2866:287-315.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4192-7_16.

The Use of Next-Generation Sequencing in Personalized Medicine

Liya Popova  1 , Valerie J Carabetta  2
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The Use of Next-Generation Sequencing in Personalized Medicine

Liya Popova et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2025.

Abstract

The revolutionary progress in development of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has made it possible to deliver accurate genomic information in a timely manner. Over the past several years, NGS has transformed biomedical and clinical research and found its application in the field of personalized medicine. Here we discuss the rise of personalized medicine and the history of NGS. We discuss current applications and uses of NGS in medicine, including infectious diseases, oncology, genomic medicine, and dermatology. We provide a brief discussion of selected studies where NGS was used to respond to wide variety of questions in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Finally, we discuss the challenges of implementing NGS into routine clinical use.

Keywords: Deep sequencing; High-throughput sequencing; Massively parallel sequencing; Next-generation sequencing; Personalized medicine; Second generation sequencing; Ultra-high-throughput sequencing.

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