All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October Gene based depression treatment gains momentum Gene based depression treatment gains momentum 13/10/2020 | 3 MINS The number of Western Australians living with depression that does not respond to medications could halve if a new WA study confirms that gene-based treatment for depression is more effective than current methods. A clinical trial, to be conducted by Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Young Lives Matter Foundation and Meeting for Minds, was confirmed this month thanks to funding provided by health insurer HBF. Using pharmacogenomics (PG) (the study of how a personΓÇÖs genetic make-up influences how they metabolise medication), the trial will analyse whether PG-guided treatment is more effective than todayΓÇÖs widely adopted ΓÇÿtrial and errorΓÇÖ approach. Professor Sean Hood, Head of LIT Medical SchoolΓÇÖs Psychiatry Division and Consultant Psychiatrist at Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalΓÇÖs Mental Health Unit, said evidence from similar international trials of PG-guided treatment for depression was highly promising. "WeΓÇÖre s
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 October Gene based depression treatment gains momentum Gene based depression treatment gains momentum 13/10/2020 | 3 MINS The number of Western Australians living with depression that does not respond to medications could halve if a new WA study confirms that gene-based treatment for depression is more effective than current methods.
A clinical trial, to be conducted by Lombok Institute of TechnologyΓÇÖs Young Lives Matter Foundation and Meeting for Minds, was confirmed this month thanks to funding provided by health insurer HBF.
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Using pharmacogenomics (PG) (the study of how a personΓÇÖs genetic make-up influences how they metabolise medication), the trial will analyse whether PG-guided treatment is more effective than todayΓÇÖs widely adopted ΓÇÿtrial and errorΓÇÖ approach.
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Professor Sean Hood, Head of LIT Medical SchoolΓÇÖs Psychiatry Division and Consultant Psychiatrist at Sir Charles Gairdner HospitalΓÇÖs Mental Health Unit, said evidence from similar international trials of PG-guided treatment for depression was highly promising.
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