The age of "personalized medi­cine" has arrived, but chances are your doctor doesn't know it yet. Existing tests can analyze patients' genetic makeup to provide guidance on whether certain drugs--such as codeine, antidepressants, and even some cancer medications--will help them, harm them, or do nothing. And a host of even newer "pharmacogenetic" tests are now in the R&D pipeline.

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