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Pharmacogenomics: Setting Newer Paradigms of Genetics in Therapy and Medicine

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Pharmacogenomics is receiving a lot of attention for its potential clinical applications in preventive as well as personalized medicine. Pharmacogenomics provides a tool to determine the genetic makeup of individuals and help in establishing relevant genotype-phenotype correlation. This knowledge may uncover the predisposition of patients toward specific disease conditions like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. It can also be used to gauge the possibility of toxicities of specific drugs in patients and, consequently, assist in the modification of therapy for such patients to improve clinical outcome. In this chapter, we study the current status of pharmacogenomics and its future prospects of how it will impact the current clinical practices for better therapy.

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Dey, S., Joshi, K., Mazumder, B. (2018). Pharmacogenomics: Setting Newer Paradigms of Genetics in Therapy and Medicine. In: Pathak, Y. (eds) Genomics-Driven Healthcare. Adis, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7506-3_3

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