Patient DNA could be used to predict side effects to statins

Monday, June 13, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Heart Patients' DNA Could Help Doctors Prescribing The Cholesterol-Lowering DrugsResearchers at the biomedical company Genomas are working on a test that would use patients' DNA to predict who will have adverse side effects, and help doctors better prescribe the cholesterol-lowering medications.

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