Tailoring medication selection with pharmacogenomic testing
- In modern healthcare, pharmacogenomic assessments are helping healthcare providers determine medication selection, ensuring tailored treatment plans for everyone’s unique genetic makeup. Pharmacogenomic Testing Drug–gene testing, referred to as pharmacogenomics or pharmacogenetics, investigates how individual genetic makeup influences the body's response to drugs....
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