Pharmacogenomics/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Pharmacogenomics.

Branch of genetics which deals with the genetic variability in individual responses to drugs and drug metabolism (biotransformation).

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Pharmacogenomics (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.