In Pharmacy, you learn how the disease works and how you prevent or attack it through a drug. That drugs came into a pharmaceutical form (for example: pills or syrup).
But recently I learnt about pharmacogenomics. This is the name of a new technique that study how the gens of a person respond to the medication, and the variability that it has. I found interesting how you can mix pharmacy and gens stuff with the purpose of find better results for people whom doesn't respond to the treatment.
It look for create new medication adapted for each person, based on the behavior of its gens and the hereditary characteristics. In that way you know exactly which medicament and in which dose use. In order to maximize the safety (make sure it has the minimum adverse effects) and efficacy of the treatment.
Besides, it is still on the phase of clinical trials, so by now people can not access to rial treatment. I think in twenty years we all could use it successfully.

I had never heard of it! It's interesting...I was shocked O.O
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