Personalized Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: Discovering New Genetic Methods to Link Diagnosis and Drug Treatment
Dr. Gene D. Morse, Professor, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
June 10, 2009
When adults and children develop disease they often seek medical care to determine the cause and to receive treatment. Traditionally, a thorough medical examination, laboratory and imaging tests are used to narrow the diagnosis. After a diagnosis is made, non-drug treatments as well as prescription or non-prescription medications may provided as part of the overall treatment approach. Biomedical researchers are currently pursuing genetic testing, also referred to as “genomic” testing, to develop more definitive diagnostic tests and more specific treatments. Dr. Morse will provide an overview of current strategies to use pharmacogenomics to enhance diagnosis and guide treatment as part of the future transition to personalized medicine.
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