Tag: Genetics
Shared Genetic Variants for COVID-19 Severity, Medical Conditions ID’d
Other medical conditions have associations with the same genetic variants associated with COVID-19 severity
Development of a Clinical Polygenic Risk Score Assay Described
Physician- and patient-oriented informational materials developed to support decision-making about polygenic risk scores
FDA Warns About Genetic Noninvasive Prenatal Screening Tests
Tests should not be used alone to diagnose fetal chromosomal abnormalities
Lifestyle Factors Are Predictive of Incident Psoriasis
Lifestyle factors predict risk independent of genetic risk; relative impact of lifestyle factors greater than genetic risk
BP Genetic Risk Score Linked to Risk for CV Events in Type 2 Diabetes
Each standard deviation increase in BP polygenic risk score linked to 12 percent increased hazard of adverse CV events
Eight-Gene Model Can Help Predict Progression to Severe Dengue
Model predicted severe dengue progression with 86.4 percent sensitivity and 79.7 percent specificity
Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
Whether or not his body rejected the foreign organ is still unclear
Twenty-Nine Novel Loci Identified for Acne Susceptibility
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies adds to knowledge of genetic contribution to acne susceptibility
Genetic Risk for Obesity Ups Likelihood of Kidney Disease
Findings largely independent of blood pressure and type 2 diabetes
Model With Lifestyle, Genetic Factors Can Predict Early-Onset CRC
Increasing values of environmental risk score, polygenic risk score linked to increasing relative risks for early-onset CRC
