Tag: S .D. J. Pena

  • In the past, the belief that human races had substantial and clearly delimited biological differences contributed to justify discrimination and was used to oppress and foment injustices, even within the medical context. The concept of race is still loaded with ideology and carries within it relationships of power and domination. It is similar to a…

  • Personalized pharmacogenomics aims to use individual genotypes to direct medical treatment. Unfortunately, the loci relevant for the pharmacokinetics and especially the pharmacodynamics of most drugs are still unknown.

  • DNA tests probe the genomic ancestry of Brazilians Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Volume 42, Number 10 (October 2009) pages 870-876 DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009005000026 S .D. J. Pena GENE, Núcleo de Genética Médica, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil L. Bastos-Rodrigues Departamento…