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Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenomics

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What is the main focus of personalized medicine?

Promoting healthy lifestyle choices

Exploring alternative medicine practices

Identifying genetic variations and their impact on health and disease (correct)

Developing new surgical techniques

What is the primary reason for the need for personalized medicine, according to the text?

Government regulations

Cost of healthcare

Individual variations in health and disease (correct)

Lack of access to medical facilities

What term is used to describe the study of how genetic differences influence individual responses to drug therapy?

Pharmacogenomics (correct)

Pharmacotherapy

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacodynamics

How can pharmacogenomics contribute to better and safer drugs?

By recommending the best drug therapy based on a patient's genetic profile Signup and view all the answers

How might pharmacogenomics change the way drug dosages are determined?

By basing dosages on a person’s genetic profile and metabolism time Signup and view all the answers

What benefit does knowing a person’s genetic code provide, as mentioned in the text?

Allowing lifestyle changes to avoid or lessen the severity of genetic disorders Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of pharmacogenomics?

Influence of an individual's entire genome on drug therapy Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of polymorphism in genomics?

It determines individual variability to drug response Signup and view all the answers

How does pharmacogenomics contribute to personalized medicine?

By considering individual genetic differences for drug response prediction Signup and view all the answers

What is the impact of pharmacogenomics on drug dosages?

It highlights the variability in drug response among patients Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary benefit of knowing a person's genetic code for drug response?

To predict how a patient may respond to a drug before prescribing it Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes pharmacogenetics from pharmacogenomics?

Use of single gene vs. use of an individual's entire genome Signup and view all the answers

What does personalized medicine take into account?

Both genomic/genetic testing and proteomic profiling Signup and view all the answers

What do polymorphisms in genomics represent?

Individual variability to drug response Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important to consider an individual's entire genome for drug therapy?

To reduce failed drug trials and approval time Signup and view all the answers

How does pharmacogenomics impact the length of time patients are on medication?

It reduces the length of time patients are on medication by predicting responses Signup and view all the answers