Jane Hartsock, JD, MA, faculty investigator at the IU Center for Bioethics and System Director of Clinical and Organizational Ethics at IU Health, presented the first IU Bioethics Grand Rounds of the year last week on AI, a topic that has become an obsession for many of us in bioethics. Check out the recording here. It was a… Read more »
Entries by Peter Schwartz, MD, PhD
Dangerous Ignorance: What Patients Don’t Understand about Pharmacogenomics
Do you know what pharmacogenomics is? You might not, but you should, and all patients should. Pharmacogenomics (pronounced pharma-co-genomics), which we’ll abbreviate PGx, may well be the first type of genetic testing you will get. PGx checks for genes that interfere with the body’s response to certain medications, either reducing their effectiveness or increasing side… Read more »