DRUGS AND GENES. “The new field of pharmacogenomics seeks to understand the interactions between drugs and individuals’ genotype. For example about 14% of the population carry the *2 allele of the cytochrome P450 CYP2C19 that prevents the proper processing of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) and thus renders the drug ineffective.”
https://bmcsystbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-0509-8-S2-S1
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022