Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, is planning to launch a study of 10,000 Mayo biobank members for potential risk of drug reactions or lack of drug effect based on each individual's genome. Researchers will be sequencing the DNA of the biobank members for 69 different genes that can influence how patients' metabolize or react to different drugs. The goal is to determine which "pharmacogenomic" findings are relevant to that individual patient and to insert that information into their medical records - providing an "early warning system" to prevent adverse drug reactions or ineffective treatments.
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