APhA Releases New Pharmacogenomics Textbook

APhA Releases New Pharmacogenomics Textbook
Main Category: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Also Included In: Genetics
Article Date: 08 Feb 2011 - 2:00 PST


The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) published Principles of the Human Genome and Pharmacogenomics, a book that aims to introduce students and practitioners to important principles of human genetics and genomics that they can apply in managing their patients' medication therapy.

"It is not our intent to provide the reader with a synopsis of known pharmacogenetic genes and their drugs," authors Daniel A. Brazeau and Gayle A. Brazeau state in the book's preface. "Rather, we have attempted to give professional and student pharmacists a concise source of the critical science underlying the basics of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics."

Among the text's key features are:

- Learning outcomes, at the start of each chapter, that summarize important concepts for the learner to master.
- Review questions, at the end of each chapter, that point to important principles to remember.
- Boxes throughout that define key terminology, and a full glossary at the end of the book.

Daniel Brazeau is director of a new genomics facility at the University of New England, Portland, Maine, and Gayle Brazeau is dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of New England.

Principles of the Human Genome and Pharmacogenomics (ISBN 978-1-58212-124-6; softbound; 124 pages; $34.95 [$28.00 for APhA members]) may be ordered online here.

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American Pharmacists Association
APhA Releases New Pharmacogenomics Textbook