pharmacogenetics

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• Pharmacogenetics is the study of how genetic differences influence individual responses to drugs.

• The terms pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics are often used synonymously, but there are subtle differences in their meaning.

  Academic text (2011)

• These are the three of the major asthma treatments and what we know about their pharmacogenetics and we'll see how things go.

• If you look at the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium recommendation for treatment that involve interferon alpha.

• 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.

  Academic text (2011)

• Is there a high-risk subgroup based on race or ethnicity, or VKA pharmacogenetics?

  Academic text (2014)

• Researchers in pharmacogenetics analyze how variations in genes can affect the metabolism of certain medications.

• Understanding pharmacogenetics helps doctors prescribe the right dosage of medicine based on a patient's genetic profile.

Synonyms

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pharmacogenomics

vspharmacogenetics

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The study of how a person's genes affect their reaction to medicines

is phrased as genetic differences affecting individual drug response

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