Course: Neurochemistry/Biochemistry in Psychopharmacology Program

Writing Assignment Instructions: 2- to 3-page APA-style paper (double-spaced, 12 point font)

An understanding of genomic processing including the components of genetic material is essential to applying pharmacodynamic principles to prescribing practices (psychological prescribing practice). In a 2- to 3-page APA-style paper (double-spaced, 12 point font, use 3 references/sources, at least 2 of which are peer-reviewed journal articles), describe an example of the principles of recombinant DNA technology and how it relates to drug development for people with different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

 

Possible Reading Material:

Altar, C. A., Carhart, J. M., Allen, J. D., Hall-Flavin, D. K., Dechairo, B. M., & Winner, J. G. (2015). Clinical validity: Combinatorial pharmacogenomics predicts antidepressant responses and healthcare utilizations better than single gene phenotypes. The Pharmacogenomics Journal, 15(5), 443-451.

 

Bender, C. M., Zingg, J-M., & Jones, P. A. (1998). DNA Methylation as a target for drug design. Pharmaceutical Research, 15(2), 175-187.