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Laying the foundations for personalized medicines

Nature Biotechnology volume 15, pages 954–957 (1997)Cite this article

The scope of human genetic diversity is forcing drug makers to examine more closely the molecular mechanisms behind complex disease and drug response.

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Marshall, A. Laying the foundations for personalized medicines. Nat Biotechnol 15, 954–957 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1097-954

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