Modern Medicine

Genetic variation could reduce the effectiveness of common heart medication among South Asians

Certain genetic variations mean the body can’t activate clopidogrel, because it can’t make the required enzyme, says new research.

Emma Forton Magavern, The Conversation
· Aug 25, 2023 · 10:00 pm
A new mouse study finally explains why women are 50-75% more likely to have adverse drug reactions

Men and women experience disease differently. Yet it has always been assumed that the results from ‘pre-clinical’ research on males apply to females too.

Laura A B Wilson, The Conversation
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Shinichi Nakagawa, The Conversation
· Dec 17, 2022 · 11:30 pm
Targeting this gene could help scientists fight at least 20 autoimmune diseases

TYK2 has been associated with diseases like multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and arthritis.

Melissa Grant-Peters, The Conversation
· Mar 06, 2020 · 11:30 pm

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