Confusion Over Utility of Common Genetic Variations in Breast Cancer Risk Prediction
A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) this week, entitled “Performance of Common Genetic Variants in Breast-Cancer Risk Models,” has led several media outlets to declare...
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SNPwatch: More Progress in the Search for Genetic Variants Linked to Childhood Asthma
Researchers have identified another region of the genome associated with childhood asthma, a condition that affects more than seven million American kids. Analysis of DNA from about 1,700 children with...
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328 Genomewide Association Studies and Counting … What Now?
In 2005 two well-known human geneticists, Francis Collins and Thomas Gelehrter, made a bet: Collins wagered that by the 2008 American Society for Human Genetics meeting, genomewide association studies would...
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SNPwatch: Genetic Variation May Increase Risk Of Stroke
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...
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New Study Shows That Genetic Information Can Improve Administration Of Commonly Used Blood Thinner
Each time a doctor writes a prescription for warfarin (Coumadin ®), a blood thinner given to about two million people each year in the United States, it’s a guessing game....
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SNPwatch: Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease Share Some Genetic Risk Factors
Like many other autoimmune diseases, type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, often cluster together in families. Studies show that the prevalence of celiac disease in people with type 1 diabetes is five to 10 times higher than in the general population.
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SNPwatch: Gene Variant Linked to Obesity Affects Food Choices in Children
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...
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SNPwatch: Genetic Variant Linked to Common Form of Language Impairment
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...
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SNPwatch: Bone Marrow Donor’s DNA May Affect Recipient’s Risk of Fungal Infection
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...
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Genes and Environment Work Together to Increase Risk of Childhood Asthma
“I feel like a fish with no water.” That’s how the child in the public service announcement featuring a flopping, gasping goldfish describes what it feels like to have an...
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