Editor’s note: ‘Getting closer to the truth—together’

Getting closer to p-selectin.

Inflammation is recognized for its important role in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis (1 ). However, the use of genetic association studies to dissect the impact of inflammatory genes on vascular disease is challenging because of the relatively small effects expected for common variants and the difficulty of identifying surrogates that best reflect underlying disease processes. In this is...

Editors note

EDITOR’S NOTE Geopersia is published biannually by the College of Science, University of Tehran, Iran. The College of Science published “Journal of Science”, which covered all fields of basic science, from 1968 to 2010. It was then decided that the College’s journals should be more specialized, and hence publication of Geopersia was launched. Geopersia aims to publish peer-reviewed original...

Pharmacogenetics – Getting Closer

This review is written for the generalist to provide an understanding of the application of genetics to the care of patients with glaucoma and the broader concepts of personalized medicine. More specifically, the review will link advances in the genetics of glaucoma with the concepts of pharmacogenetics and its potential to improve patient care.

editors note

editor’s note geopersia is published biannually by the college of science, university of tehran, iran. the college of science published “journal of science”, which covered all fields of basic science, from 1968 to 2010. it was then decided that the college’s journals should be more specialized, and hence publication of geopersia was launched. geopersia aims to publish peer-reviewed original res...

Note from the editors