polygenic risk score

By Samantha Ancona Esselmann, Ph.D., 23andMe Product Scientist Are you at increased likelihood for high blood pressure, gout, or something else? Here’s how 23andMe determined your result… A few weeks...

Johns Hopkins University statistical geneticist, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Ph.D., a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biostatistics and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, to help us at 23andMe put into context the work being done around the world on polygenic risk modeling.

23andMe’s new Type 2 Diabetes report* offers customers insight into their likelihood of developing one of the most prevalent, pernicious, and yet preventable health conditions in the United States.This new...

In one of the largest genetic studies ever done, an international consortium of scientists has found more than 1,200 genetic variants associated with educational attainment, which is defined as the number of years individuals spent in school or university.

A new study found that many common genetic variants together explain why migraines cluster in some families.The study, lead by scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the Broad...