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Can at-home DNA tests predict how you'll respond to your medications? Pharmacists explain the risks and benefits of pharmacogenetic testing

  • Written by Kayla B. Rowe, Fellow in Clinical Pharmacogenomics, University of Pittsburgh
Can at-home DNA tests predict how you'll respond to your medications? Pharmacists explain the risks and benefits of pharmacogenetic testingPharmacogenetic testing is a form of precision medicine, using your genes to personalize your care.D3Damon/E+ via Getty Images

Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what pharmacogenomic testing hopes to explain by looking at the genes...

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