Precision Medicine, Pharmacogenomics and SNPs

What makes precision medicine different from traditional medicine?

A patient that has been difficult to treat, but recovers very quickly when treated with precision medicine (often genomic based) is referred to as ...

• fast recoverer.

• super recoverer.

• super responder.

• precision miracle.

Why are computer software and algorithms an essential part of precision medicine?

How is knowing a patient's SNP profile an essential part of Precision Medicine?

Since SNPs are based on the variety of nucleotide bases, how many variations for a given SNP are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 6

In order for a single nucleotide variance to be qualified as a SNP, it must be found in at least what percentage of the general population?

• 1%

• 2%

• 5%

• 10%

It is estimated that there are at around _____________ SNP mutations in the 3 billion base pairs of the human genome.

• 1 thousand

• 1 million

• 10 million

• 23 million