Question

Some people are unable to properly metabolize the drug Purinethol, which is given to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Such patients must be first tested for the associated genetic variant to determine proper dosage of the drug. This scenario best illustrates the use of ___

A. pharmacogenomics

B. map=based sequencing

C. positional cloning

D. annotation of DNA sequences

E. comparative genomics

Answer 1

Answer:

A. pharmacogenomics

Explanation:

Pharmacogenomics uses information about a person's genetic makeup, or genome, to choose the drugs and drug doses that are likely to work best for that particular person.