pharmacogenetics
- noun
- /ˌfɑːrməkəʊdʒəˈnɛtɪks/
- Specialized
- Pharmacogenetics is the study of the extent to which genetic differences influence the response of individuals to medicines.
Examples
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Pharmacogenetics is the study of how genetic differences influence individual responses to drugs.
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The terms pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics are often used synonymously, but there are subtle differences in their meaning.
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These are the three of the major asthma treatments and what we know about their pharmacogenetics and we'll see how things go.
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If you look at the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium recommendation for treatment that involve interferon alpha.
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Pharmacogenetics essentially refers to how a person's genetic make-up influences her or his response to drugs and, in particular, how specific genes affect the responses to specific drugs or drug classes.
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Is there a high-risk subgroup based on race or ethnicity, or VKA pharmacogenetics?
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Researchers in pharmacogenetics analyze how variations in genes can affect the metabolism of certain medications.
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Understanding pharmacogenetics helps doctors prescribe the right dosage of medicine based on a patient's genetic profile.
Synonyms
The study of how a person's genes affect their reaction to medicines
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pharmacogenetics breaks into pharmaco- meaning 'medicine', as in pharmacy, and -genetics from genes, which are the 'instructions' in our bodies. So pharmacogenetics is the study of how genes change the way people react to medicines.