pharmacogenomics

(noun)

the study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up

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Examples of pharmacogenomics in the following topics:

  • Pharmacogenomics, Toxicogenomics, and Metagenomics

    • The effectiveness and safety of drugs can be determined through pharmacogenomics.
    • Pharmacogenomics, also called toxicogenomics, involves evaluating the effectiveness and safety of drugs on the basis of information from an individual's genomic sequence.

  • Biotechnology in Medicine

    • Pharmacogenomics is the study of how the genetic inheritance of an individual affects his/her body's response to drugs.
    • The vision of pharmacogenomics is to be able to design and produce drugs that are adapted to each person's genetic makeup.
    • Pharmacogenomics results in the following benefits:
    • Using pharmacogenomics, pharmaceutical companies can create drugs based on the proteins, enzymes, and RNA molecules that are associated with specific genes and diseases.

  • Predicting Disease Risk at the Individual Level

    • Genomics is now being used in a wide variety of fields, such as metagenomics, pharmacogenomics, and mitochondrial genomics.