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John Henry McDermott1,2, Ali Shoaib3, Jessica Keen1,2

  • 1Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Pharmacogenomics
|September 19, 2025
PubMed
概括

实施药物基因组学计划需要仔细规划. 本指南概述了建立可持续药物基因组学倡议的基本要素,包括团队和资源需求.

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