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[BLOG]: Clinical pharmacogenomics: Meeting the needs of the community through...
Dr Dunnenberger Pharmacogenomics is the study of how differences in DNA affect response to medications. These differences in DNA can help explain why a couple of otherwise similar patients can receive...
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Pharmacogenomics could boost community pharmacy sales
Pharmacogenomics has the potential to save the U.S. healthcare industry $136 billion in adverse drug events and serve as a profit center for community pharmacies, according to Nicolette Mathey,...
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Pharmacogenomics: The right med, the right dose, every time
For pharmacists who want to “practice at the top of their license,” pharmacogenomics (PGx) offers an opportunity whose time has come, said Rebecca W. Chater, RPh, MPH, FAPhA, and Brad Tice...
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Research advances yield new treatments for skin disease
Genetic and pharmacogenomic research has resulted in targeted treatments for diseases affecting the skin, ranging from Marfan syndrome to melanoma, said an expert Friday at the 74th Annual Meeting of...
View ArticleWhere's the infrastructure for precision medicine?
The remarkable advances over the past 15 years that began with the first draft sequence of the human genome can’t be brought to full fruition without an infrastructure to support biomarker tests for...
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Genetic tests guide cancer therapy, improve efficacy
Individualized cancer therapy adopts the idea that each patient and their cancer have unique traits, including how a drug will be handled in the individual’s body and whether it will be effective...
View ArticlePrecision Medicine: A New Role for Pharmacists
Precision medicines are undergoing a rapid period of growth and acceptance within the health-care arena, according to a report from Stockholm-based QuintilesIMS Institute. Pharmacists can play a vital...
View ArticlePediatric Pharmacogenomics Offers Treatment Insights
Pediatric pharmacogenomics is beginning to be used in pediatric hospitals to detect impaired or heightened drug responses, and may be coming to community pharmacies. Pharmacogenomic testing—testing...
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