Introduction to Pharmacogenetics

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Overview

Pharmacogenetics is an emerging new discipline that has promising clinical applications in terms of personalized medicine and medication safety. The curriculums of most pharmacy schools do not include pharmacogenetics or have recently included it. Most people in the field are interested to know more about the topic and many of them mix it with gene therapy

What I will learn?

  • By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
    Define pharmacogenetics and/or pharmacogenomics.
    Distinguish how pharmacogenetics plays a role in patient care
    Explain the basic genetic terms and nomenclature
    Recognize how polymorphisms affect the pharmacokinetics/dynamics of the drugs
    List helpful databases for pharmacogenetics information

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