Pharmacogenomics: Social, Ethical, and Clinical Dimensions. Mark A. Rothstein, editor. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003, 380 pp., $59.95, hardcover. ISBN 0-471-22769-2.

[摘要] What will it take to realize the promise from pharmacogenomics? There are many issues beyond the difficult task of demonstrating clinical utility, and this book does an excellent job of putting them into perspective. The foreword by Francis Collins, current director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH, and a chapter by Harvey Mohrenweiser of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provide a nice overview of the current state of genomic science. Although these sections will quickly become outdated, as progress in this field is always rapid, they provide a historical view that puts the subject of pharmacogenomics into perspective. This book also provides an …

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