«With the inauguration of the Institute for Personalized Medicine, we have reasserted our early leadership in the science of tailoring therapy to individuals, an approach that in some ways began at Hershey with the observations around
pharmacogenetics by our founding chair of pharmacology, Elliot Vesell, more than 40 years ago,» said Daniel Notterman, vice dean for research and graduate studies.
Not exact matches
«Our new
pharmacogenetic approach fills an important and unmet need in our ability to understand fly behaviors
by allowing us for the first time to conveniently examine behaviors in only partially activated neurons to uncover more subtle roles for particular neurons and circuits in behaviors.»
He identified and characterized significant biochemical and
pharmacogenetic variation in human steroid 5a - reductase type II (encoded
by the SRD5A2 gene) in 2000.
A
pharmacogenetic «restriction - of - function» approach reveals evidence for anxiolytic - like actions mediated
by α5 - containing GABAA receptors in mice.
The Sections aims are, to promote the exchange of
pharmacogenetic knowledge
by organization of symposia and workshops in the field of
pharmacogenetics and genomics, to evaluate the clinical impact of
pharmacogenetics, to assist with the development and maintenance of drug - related
pharmacogenetic databases and to create a population based biobank to conduct translational research in clinical pharmacogenomics.
The company was acquired in 2010
by Medco Health Solutions (with over 55 million Medco members) to provide
pharmacogenetic testing services and clinical support focused on drug / gene interactions.
Similarly an accusation of deliberate murder
by poisoning
by a care home was revealed to have been likely to have naturally arisen as a result of a
pharmacogenetic cause resulting in the victim being unable to excrete the prescribed tranquiliser in question.