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Researching the weekly update, NOPHG finds scientific literature that reports on discoveries of genetic variants, related disease outcomes, and the complex social, legal, and ethical issues surrounding genetic discoveries. A Public Health Perspective focuses on a single topic and provides you with information relevant to public health practice.
This week we are examining the public health perspective of pharmacogenomics , a burgeoning field that promises to revolutionize medicine by deciphering the genetic basis of variable drug response in individual people. (February 2001)
"For clinical medicine, pharmacogenomics holds promise of individualized drug treatment. For public health, the promise is targeted disease prevention."
The National Office of Public Health Genomics |
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The Public Health Perspective |
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The Making of the Pharmacogenomic Prescription
Hollon, T. PhD
GeneLetter Jan 2001;1(12)
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Gene - To - Drug: a Long And Costly Path
(Feb 11) New York Times article
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Genome Probes 'Cures that Kill'
(last accessed 5/2007)
(Feb 18) BBC News story
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Business News |
- Myhrvold Warns Picks and Shovels
Companies to Stay Out of Drug Discovery
(Feb 21 ) GenomeWeb story
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