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Pharmacogenomics
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The study of how a person’s genes affect the way he or she responds to drugs. Pharmacogenomics is being used to learn ahead of time what the best drug or the best dose of a drug will be for a person. Also called pharmacogenetics. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The investigation of variations of DNA and RNA characteristics as related to drug response. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 3
Science that examines inherited variations in genes that dictate drug response and explores the ways such variations can be used to predict whether a person will respond favorably, adversely, or not at all to an investigational product. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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