One of the most practical applications of precision medicine lies within the field of pharmacogenomics, a portmanteau of pharmacology and genomics. It is a discipline designed for tailoring drug ...

The goal of individualized drug therapy requires physicians to be able to accurately predict an individual's response to a drug. Both genetic and environmental factors are known to influence drug ...

The impact of pharmacogenomics on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases is discussed. The application of pharmacogenomics to infectious diseases requires consideration of the ...

Pharmacogenomics, the study of specific genetic variations and their effect on drug response, will likely give rise to many applications in maternal–fetal and neonatal medicine; yet, an understanding ...

Clinical trials offer a slew of benefits: optimal dosage ranges, identified potential side effects, and efficacy data. If approved by the FDA, clinicians leverage the insights from Phase III trials to ...

Genetic polymorphisms have been described in the case of several CYP isoenzymes. The best explored example of this phenomenon is the CYP2C19 polymorphism. In this table the most frequent alleles are ...

In this blog, I will delve into some of the growing acceptance in healthcare to innovative approaches in various countries, and how a database will facilitate analysis and interpretation for all. The ...

Pharmacogenomics is the field of study about the effect of genes on an individual’s response to medications. It combines the science of drugs, which is known as pharmacology, with the study of genes, ...