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Welcome to the Myogenes Blog. Get the latest pharmacogenomics, DNA testing and genetics news.

Experts push genetic testing for drug prescriptions

Apr 5, 2022 | Genetic Testing

Pharmacogenomic testing could save the NHS money in the long term and reduce the risks of side-effects. Genetic testing to predict how individuals will respond to common medicines should be implemented without delay to reduce the risk of side-effects and ensure that...

Getting Pharmacogenomics into the Clinic

Nov 22, 2021 | Pharmacogenomics

Getting Pharmacogenomicsinto the Clinic This Medical News Article Discusses Barriers to Widespread Implementation of Genotype-Guided Prescribing What if there were a way to know if a depressed patient would respond to an antidepressant—before it was prescribed? Or to...

Polygenic Risk Score Predicts Statin Response

Nov 21, 2021 | Health and Wellbeing

Polygenic Risk Score Predicts Statin Response Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM ReviewingNatarajan P et al. Another stride towards personalised medicine through Statins response. The aspiration of precision medicine is to personalize our approach to individual patients. One...

Ashkenazi Jewish Population Based BRCA Testing

Nov 15, 2021 | Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer, Uncategorised

Cost-effectiveness of population based BRCA testing with varying Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Population-based BRCA1 / BRCA2 testing has been investigated extensively in the Ashkenazi-Jewish (AJ) population and has been...

How Pharmacogenomics is Putting an End to Trial and Error in Medicine

Oct 24, 2021 | Uncategorised

Genetic differences mean that a drug can be safe and effective for one person but harmful for another. One person may experience side-effects while another does not, even though they may have been prescribed the same dose. This presents a problem to doctors who have...

70 Percent of Children with Mental Health Conditions Don’t Get Interventions Early Enough

Oct 24, 2021 | Psychiatric Pharmacogenetics Testing

Seventy per cent of children and young people with mental health issues don’t get the right interventions at an early enough age, according to The Children’s Society. Yet, genetic testing could help put an end to this and ensure that individuals receive the right...