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
But in the outside world, clinicians and health-care providers alike are watching closely to decide if this approach to pharmacogenetics is really ready to become standard clinical practice.
From Nature • Sep. 6, 2016
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