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Sleep Pharmacogenetics: The Promise of Precision Medicine
Andrew D Krystal1, Aric A Prather2
1University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA; Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Abstract:
Pharmacogenetics is the branch of personalized medicine concerned with the variability in drug response occurring because of heredity. Advances in genetics research, and decreasing costs of gene sequencing, are promoting tremendous growth in pharmacogenetics in all areas of medicine, including sleep medicine. This article reviews the body of research indicating that there are genetic variations that affect the therapeutic actions and adverse effects of agents used for the treatment of sleep disorders to show the potential of pharmacogenetics to improve the clinical practice of sleep medicine.
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