Pharmacogenetics allows for a more personalized drug to folks who need to take certain types of medicine in response to how human genes react. The study does not come without ethical questions such as medical privacy and unequal distribution of benefits. Discover more about this study and the pros and cons.

Concepts

bioethics, medicine

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Additional Tags

biomedical ethics, drug development, gene profile, genomic mapping, medical biotechnology, medicine development, pharmacogenetics

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)