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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

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Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates. The logical extension to this kind of approach is treating individual patients, with their individual genetic makeup.

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Estonia National Biobank to sequence 10,000 whole genomesĀ 

Drug Discovery World

The data are expected to drive a new level of understanding about the genetics of cardiovascular disease, mental, reproductive and female health, cancer and rare diseases, and treatment outcomes. To date, the samples for the Biobank have been genotyped using microarray-based methods.