Much the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres — regions of repetitive DNA sequences and a protein structure — protect the tips of chromosomes from damage. Every ...

The results of research by scientists at University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, and the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, indicate that a potentially life-changing heart condition ...

Polygenic scores are a source of considerable debate in the biomedical and healthcare communities. Can they or can they not provide information that can be used in the prevention of common complex ...

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are a cutting-edge tool in genetics, combining information from genetic markers across the genome to estimate a person's risk of developing certain diseases, such as ...

Glaucoma risk can be managed more effectively with the ability to use polygenic risk scores to identify individuals who can benefit from more intense treatment. Glaucoma is an eye condition that can ...

Polygenic scores are generating considerable debate in the biomedical and healthcare communities. Can they or can they not provide information that can be used in the prevention of common complex ...

Three out of four U.S. adults support the use of emerging technologies that estimate a future child's likelihood of developing health conditions influenced by multiple genes - such as diabetes, heart ...

Incorporating a polygenic risk score into prostate cancer screening could enhance the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer that conventional screening may miss, according to results of ...

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