Pharmacogenomics in Chronic Kidney Disease

Raymond A. Lorenz, PharmD, BCPP & Zachary S. Brooks, PhD Pharmacogenomics in Chronic Kidney Disease. What do the genetics of a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have to do with which medications they may respond to? As it turns out, quite a lot! Patients...

DNA Sequencing

Sequencing DNA means determining the order of the four chemical building blocks – called “bases” (ATGC) that make up the DNA molecule: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T) — forming the structure of DNA. To learn more read...

How Pharmacogenomics Reshapes Mental Health

Ezra Smith, PhD & Zachary Brooks, PhD How Pharmacogenomics Reshapes Mental Health. How does the study of genes affect our understanding of medications? By analyzing genes, scientists and clinicians alike more precisely understand drug interactions with the body....