News tagged with pharmacogenomics
Cold winters freezing out breast cancer treatment
For women diagnosed with a form of breast cancer known as estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer, tamoxifen is an essential drug used in the treatment and prevention of recurring breast cancer. Currently, tamoxifen ...
Cancer
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Scientists find gene interactions that make cocaine abuse death eight times more likely
Scientists have identified genetic circumstances under which common mutations on two genes interact in the presence of cocaine to produce a nearly eight-fold increased risk of death as a result of abusing the drug.
Genetics
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Fatty acids fight cancer spread
Tiny agents found in omega-3 could potentially be used to block the path of primary cancer tumours, preventing the advance to secondary stage cancers according to pharmacy researchers at the University of ...
Cancer
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Tailoring drugs to fit a patient’s genetic predisposition
Drugs are not equally effective on all patients. A treatment that is dramatically effective on some patients can be ineffective on others. Drugs can also have serious side effects; in the worst case, a drug ...
Medications
Feb 27, 2012 |
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