Introduction to Pharmacogenetics

Introduction

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Pharmacogenetics is an emerging new discipline that has promising clinical applications in terms of personalised 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

Objectives

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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