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Biology B1.3 B - Medicine made personal
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- 1Why 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. - 2How 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.
- 3What 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.
- 4What happens in whole-genome sequencing?The complete sequence of bases in an individual's DNA is worked out
- 5What 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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- GCSE Biology (B1 - You & your genes) FlashCards sobre Biology B1.3 B - Medicine made personal, criado por lily bevan em 01-12-2017.
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