Author: PT. Nalagenetik Riset Indonesia
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What is Pharmacogenomics?
Research in the field of molecular biology and clinical medicine has since expanded in studying the variabilities of responses to drugs based on your unique gene sequences. This is referred to pharmacogenetics or in a broader context, pharmacogenomics. Recent findings have discovered that up to 95% of variability in treatment is due to genetic factors…
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Personalized Medicine in Psychiatric Therapy
The prospect of this new medicinal approach is to adopt a predictive method through determining individual susceptibility to diseases, finding accurate diagnostics, and most importantly to tailor therapeutics according to your genetic makeup. Currently, the majority of success stories in the utilization of personalized medicine are within oncology diagnostic and treatments. For example, a so…
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Why Is Personalized Nutrition for Hypertension Important?
Hypertension prevalence had almost doubled within only four decades; from 594 million in 1975 to 1.13 billion in 2015, and to this day, the cases continue to grow. It is also well-known that hypertension has a significant correlation with other life-threatening diseases and conditions such as heart failure, ischemic stroke, brain hemorrhage, and chronic kidney…
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Codeine in Breast Feeding Mother and Baby (from a Pharmacogenomics Perspective)
Codeine is a narcotic analgesic most frequently used as cough relief and to treat moderate pain. Over the years, it has gained popularity when ache or pain persists even after treatment with paracetamol or NSAIDs. It has been marketed as a weak opioid and endorsed by governmental health organizations as an option to treat cancer…
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Should We Be Aware of Food Intolerance?
Food intolerance such as lactose intolerance, gluten intolerance, are pretty common. It is estimated that 68% of people globally had lactose intolerance, with most prevalent cases in Asian (80-100%), Hispanic/Latin (70-95%), and American population (15-80%). Meanwhile, for gluten intolerance, the data indicates that it affects 0,5-6% of global population. Those who are already aware of…
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Can I Eat This? Debunking 4 Food Myths in Breastfeeding
Having a newborn baby and entering breastfeeding period can be a life-changing experience. It is not uncommon for us to hear mothers struggle to feed their babies and effortfully seek for a support, including for advice from mother figures who previously had been through it. Although some information based on experience are conveyed with a…
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Want to Try Keto Diet? Here are Its Advantages & Disadvantages
Those who have been dreaming of achieving body goals at some point must have heard about the ketogenic diet or also called “the keto diet”. This diet was viral in 2018-2020, and was popularized by stars and celebrities. The keyword “keto” even reached 25.4 million searches worldwide in 2020. This makes the keto diet one…
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“Carbs Consumption Is Not Good For Health”, Is It True?
Many of us often hear advice about avoiding carbohydrates in our diet. In fact, you may have witnessed some people deliberately eliminate their plates containing rice and saying that “I’m trying to be healthier, that is why I do not eat carbs.” When this happens, it can leave a bad impression of carbohydrates to others…
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Raffles Medical Group and NalaGenetics Provide Pre-emptive Genetic Testing for Adverse Drug Reactions
Singapore, 3 October 2022 –Raffles Medical Group (RMG) is collaborating with biotech start-up NalaGenetics to offer pre-emptive pharmacogenomics testing at its hospital. It is the first hospital in Singapore to provide such a service. Pharmacogenomics is the study of how genes affect a person’s response to medication. Pre-emptive pharmacogenomics testing on a healthy person can…
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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, But Osteoporosis Should Not
Osteoporosis: The Silent Killer It’s World Osteoporosis Day! You might have heard of the term, most likely in those “milk for old women” commercials. But don’t be fooled! While the bone disease is more common in the elderly, it could happen to anyone – male and female, in their 20s, 30s, and even children. In…