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Is genotyping data that useful for drug development? From my intuition, genotyping data (where you specifically look for already known gene variants) is per de
by hobofan 7y ago
Is genotyping data that useful for drug development?
From my intuition, genotyping data (where you specifically look for already known gene variants) is per definition barely useful for making "breakthrough discoveries". If that were really the case I would expect a much higher price point than $300mil.
- asdff 7y agoIt absolutely is extremely useful. Your genetic predispositions toward disease, treatment response, anything really, can be due to a combination of these known variants. Tracing your ancestry is done with these variants. These are regions that are commonly variable in the population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-nucleotide_polymorphism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-nucleotide_polymorphism