Pharmacogenetics and Race
Timas, Kayla
Timas, Kayla
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Pharmacogenetics is a field that focuses on how certain mutations in individuals affect how they react to medications. With genetic testing for individuals with certain diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases, pharmacists can create personalized medications based on the genetic information they receive. This could greatly boost patient recovery rates worldwide, if it was incorporated into everyday healthcare. In this infographic, I represent results from the study �Is pharmacogenetics being racialized? An investigation into the reinscription of racial beliefs in modern biomedicine� by Lena Steimle found in the Springer Nature Link Journal which shows that pharmacological studies have often put emphasis on the racial classifications of participants. Race as a way to streamline the data so that doctors and pharmacists can identify �risk� factors without needing a genetic test for each individual patient. But since race is a self-identified social category with no genetic basis, it is too unreliable to associate with a genetic mutation. This can and has led to medication being prescribed and used incorrectly because medical professionals use clinical trials and information that is unreliable and perpetuates racial bias.
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1/1/2026
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First Year (Graduating in 2029)
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Biochemistry
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Life Science