Pharmacogenomics: The Scientific Principles of Personalized Medicine

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Pre- requisites: CILC 6019, CILC 6301. This online course is divided in two major areas. The first area covers principles of pharmacogenetics and physiogenomics, including a review of existing molecular and statistical technologies. Topics discussed include pharmacokinetics and dynamics, technologies for biomarker discovery, and bioinformatics aspects of diagnostic systems. The second area concerns clinical applications across the real of medicine. Topics include case studies of the practice of individualized healthcare in infectious disease, oncology, endocrinology and metabolism, psychiatry and cardiology. Core areas of discussion include systems for discovery a nd clinical applications of biomarkers and the predictive value of these systems in clinical medicine. In addition, the regulatory and ethical milieu of personalized medicine is discussed with case studies on various pharmaceutical and diagnostic products.