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From “magic bullet” to “specially engineered shotgun loads”: the new genetics and the need for individualized pharmacotherapy

✍ Scribed by Robert P. Erickson

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 37 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0265-9247
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-1878(199808)20:8<683::aid-bies12>3.0.co;2-v

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✦ Synopsis

Steady progress in the identification of human pharmacogenetic variants and new discoveries of disease susceptibility genes makes the old notion of one disease/ one drug untenable. Advances in the ability to rapidly identify these variants, when coupled with appropriate drug delivery systems, should revolutionize pharmacotherapy.