What is a drug A drug is any active physicochemical substance that interacts with and modifies the body to cure, prevent or diagnose a disease. Drugs regulate pre-existing functions but are not capable of creating new ones [1]. Drug action Generally, a drug is...
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Genetics and drugs
Thousands of people die every year in different parts of the world due to the misuse of drugs. However, for several decades, we have learned how drugs interact with our genes (1). Pharmacogenetics is the science in charge of analyzing and applying the knowledge in DNA...
Genetic diseases. Can they be avoided?
Preventing genetic disease is possible. There are certain diseases to which we are genetically susceptible. Thanks to advances in genetic medicine, new mutations are being located every day that indicate the level of risk of suffering certain diseases over time. In...
Pharmacogenetics: The first step towards personalized medication
The Pharmacogenetics test will help you and your doctor to choose the most suitable medicines. How many times have we seen that a particular medication does not feel the same as other people? It is accurate, and it has been right all our lives; each person is...