David A. Flockhart (1952–2015) was a Scottish medical researcher who was a leader in the field of personalised medicine.[1] He was especially known for his work on factors affecting the use of tamoxifen to treat breast cancer such as variability in the level of the CYP2D6 enzyme.[2][3]

References

  1. "In death, there is life", The Economist, p. 84, 26 March 2016
  2. "David Flockhart : Obituary", Edinburgh Evening News, 3 December 2015
  3. In Memoriam, David A. Flockhart PhD, MD, Indiana University Department of Medicine, 26 November 2015


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