Pharmacogenetics: Many medicines work differently on different people, Why?

Insights into the structure of the human genome have taught us much about the genetic basis of disease. But what about the genetic nature of health and more specifically, how we as individuals deal with medication? We are, as a species, 99.5% genetically the same. But that last 0.5% difference serves to explain the wide diversity we experience as people in general, including why some respond to medications, and others not as well, or not at all. Here is an example. People who suffer from ...
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