Many unexpected genetic variants hamper personalized medicine
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 15:38
in Psychology & Sociology
In recent decades much hope has been based on the development of personalized drug treatments, in which genetic tests determine the choice and optimal dose of medication for each individual patient. However, the real breakthrough is still to be seen, and now researchers show in two separate scientific papers that many more gene variants affect how a person responds to medication than previously thought – and thus that today’s analytical tools are too coarse.