Pharmacogenomics: The Future Of Prescribing?
Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs. This relatively new field combines pharmacology (the science of drugs) and genomics (the study of genes and their functions) to develop effective, safe medications and doses that will be tailored to a person’s genetic makeup. (U.S. National Library of Medicine) It’s early days for pharmacogenomics, the study of how genes affect a person’s response to drugs. Our understanding of how particular genes and sets of genes…