pharmacogenetics
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The way personalized medicine works is: you get information from patients about their genomics, and what follows is pharmacogenetics, which is, essentially, you get this drug based on how you metabolize drugs.
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
Wojcicki said the company will train Lemonaid doctors in how to integrate genetic risk reports and pharmacogenetics into care.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2021
The NHLBI’s Jaquish says she believes the biggest benefit from personal genetic information will be in pharmacogenetics, the field that studies how genes affect the way people respond to drugs.
From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2018
Dr. Motulsky also founded pharmacogenetics, which studies inherited differences in the way people respond to medications.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2018
Proponents of pharmacogenetics think that even this information about these relatively few drugs offers the chance to significantly improve patient care, because the drugs account for 18% of all US prescriptions.
From Nature • Sep. 6, 2016
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