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-study of how an individuals genetic inheritance affects the bodys response to drugs
-holds promise that drugs might one day be tailor-made for individuals and adapted to each persons genetic makeup
-better, safer drugs the first time
-more accurate doses
-know what lifestyle to stay in to avoid disease |
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-informed by each persons unique clinical, genetic, genomic, and evniormental information
-higher probablity of desired outcomes for therapies
-reduced probablity of negative side effects
-earlier disease intervention
-can help determine likelhood of getting disease |
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| isses of pharmacogenemics |
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-complexity of finding gene variations that affect drug response
-limited drug alterantives
-educating health care providers
-no incentive for companies to make multiple phramacogenomic products |
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| basis of personalized medicine |
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-be bale to look at person and tell them if they have high probablity of disease
-get them on medicine to prevent disease
-keep them in good enviorment to prevent disease |
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| basis of behavior genetics |
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| -if you knew enough about genetic factors and enviormental factors, you can predict behavior |
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