Ever wondered what would happen if you take a pill that perfectly understands your body and knows just how to make you well? It might not be that long before such a pill is actually prescribed by doctors and physicians if scientists dealing in a branch of medicine called pharmacogenomics have anything to go by.
Bioengineers have long been in the midst of developing medicines that are easier on the human body. The interaction between an individual’s genetic makeup and a particular drug or medicine is what they closely observe.
The study of pharmacogenomics combines the sciences of pharmaceuticals and genetics and tires to understand the DNA variations in the human genome. The immediate environment, personal diet, age, lifestyle, etc. are key factors that control the manner in which the human body responds to medicines, besides the genetic makeup of a body.
Biotechnology holds a lot of hope for the human generation. By developing drugs that understand and know how to adapt to an individual’s inherent genes, it aims to create safer and more efficient ways of treatment.
Joel Ball, President of the National Institute of Science Media [NISM] is a well-established publisher of books and study resources in the field of biotechnology and other sciences. Inputs for NISM books dealing with biotechnology come from renowned researchers, biologists, scientists and doctors.
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