February 04, 2016 – Genetic variations on a stretch of chromosome may predict responsiveness among patients with bipolar disorder to the mood stabilizing drug lithium (multiple brands), a genome-wide analysis by an international consortium shows. Lithium is a first-line treatment for …

Genetic Variants Predict Lithium Response in Bipolar Disorder Read more »

November 20, 2014 –  Recent research has addressed the clinically strikingly wide variation among patients in plasma levels of Atorvastatin (Lipitor) and Rosuvastatin (Crestor), even with consistent dosing. This research proposes that the phenomenon is likely related to gene variants …

Theragenomic Medicine: Genotyping Might Cut Muscle-Pain Risk with Statin Drugs Read more »

October 17, 2013 – This morning, while commuting (a one and a half hour train ride) not only was I noticing all those stoned and negatively charged early morning faces of my fellow commuters but I also stumbled upon the …

The deletion variant of the ADRA2B gene and the genetic predisposition to focus on the negative Read more »