Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an 'incredibly rare' 5,000-year-old tomb. The Neolithic site at Holm on Mainland, Orkney was largely destroyed by Victorian antiquarians 127 years ago.
“We’re excited to have this as a way to interact with the community,” Kelly East, vice president of educational outreach at HudsonAlpha, said. “We want to be that genetics resource to take complicated concepts and make them understandable so the public can become better consumers of genetics.”
Throughout the hour-long class, attendees learned about a field of research called pharmacogenomics and how a person’s genes can affect the way their body responds to medicines. East said DNA plays a crucial role in explaining why one person will have an adverse reaction to a certain drug while another won’t.
Pharmacogenomics testing can be used by doctors to help make better decisions when selecting drugs to treat patients. This testing involves sending a sample of the patient’s saliva or blood to a lab to be analyzed. From there, a list is generated that predicts how a person may react to medications based on genetic variations.
“I encourage people to ask their doctors whether this is a type of test they have access to or that they think would be beneficial,” East said. “It’s also a test patients and consumers can seek out for themselves through resources on the internet or by participating in research studies.”
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