Article
Clinical application of pharmacogenetics.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 May 2001
Spear B B, Heath-Chiozzi M, Huff J
Abstract excerpt
Pharmacogenetics encompasses the involvement of genes in an individual's response to drugs. As such, the field covers a vast area including basic drug discovery research, the genetic basis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, new drug development, patient genetic testing and clinical patient management. Ultimately, the goal of pharmacogenetics is to predict a patient's genetic response to a specific drug as...
Topics
- Alleles
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Drug Industry
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Pharmacogenetics
- Reproducibility of Results
- Treatment Outcome
