the glocalized network in theragenomic and personalized medicine and the genetics of individual patients safety of drugs
August 07, 2019 – Blonde hair is a rare human phenotype found almost exclusively in Europe and Oceania. Human pigmentation varies considerably within and among populations and is a function of both variation in exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and …
Black people with natural blonde hair – Everything is possible in genetics Read more »
June 25, 2019 – The global obesity epidemic is so far-reaching it now has an overarching name: globesity (obviously derived from global obesity). Very interesting questions arise in this context such as are there glocalized (global and or local) factors …
Genetic aspects of globesity: Glocalized or not? Read more »
November 08, 2018 – The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just authorized the first direct-to-consumer test for detecting genetic variants in genes that may govern the metabolism of drugs in individual patients. Thus, FDA permits marketing, with special controls, the …
May 13, 2018 – Researchers have uncovered 17 genetic variants linked to different depression-related phenotypes in a large genome-wide association study, including variants near genes involved in neurotransmission and synapse function. The first author of the study, David Howard, Center …
December 20, 2017 – The American Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a novel gene therapy to treat patients with a rare form of inherited vision loss. Voretigene Neparvovec-Rzyl (Luxturna) is the first directly administered gene therapy approved to …
Voretigene Neparvovec-Rzyl (Luxturna): Gene therapy to treat inherited vision loss Read more »
December 09, 2017 – Newest research has revealed that a DNMT3B gene variant influences nicotine dependence identified in people of European (Caucasian) descent and African-American decent as well. Thus, a DNA variant, located in the DNMT3B gene and commonly found …
DNMT3B gene variant influences nicotine dependence Read more »
December 05, 2017 – We are entering the age of precision medicine, in which diagnosis and therapy decisions for each patient will be based on detailed genetic and molecular fingerprints. Unfortunately, much of the revolutionary work that underpins precision medicine has …
December 01, 2017 – The placebome is a new game in town. That is where genetics and the placebo effect meet. The underlying discipline of study may well be “placebomics”, fitting genetics and the uniquely complex phenotype “Placebo Effect” into …
April 23, 2017 – This is a Safety Announcement from April 20, 2017, by the American Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to the fact that FDA further restricts use of prescription codeine pain and cough medicines and tramadol pain medicines in …
Living theragenomics: Dangers of codeine and tramadol medicines in children Read more »
April 04, 2017 – Personalized medicine, also referred to as precision medicine, incorporates the individual patient’s characteristics into treatment, rather than relying on population means. Over the past several years, it has become a significant focus for research. Developments in pharmacogenomics, …
Children: Is there personalized medicine for children too? Read more »