Biology B1.3 B - Medicine made personal

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Why do some people react badly to medicines?	+ Some people produce enzymes that break down medicines very quickly, & therefore need higher doses + Some people don't produce the enzymes they need to break down certain substances in their body, meaning they can be poisoned by medicine.
How can genetic testing make this a thing of the past?	They could show whether people have genetic variants that code for these enzymes, & helps us match medicines to patients & their genomes.
What other benefits are there of genetic testing?	They could reveal that a person has alleles that can lead to disease, allowing treatment to start early.
What happens in whole-genome sequencing?	The complete sequence of bases in an individual's DNA is worked out
What are some ethical arguments against genetic screening.	+ people don't want to be worried about this information + NHS can't afford it + we shouldn't interfere w/ nature

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