Knowable Magazine on Nostr: #WorldHeartDay 🫀 Polygenic risk scores — a patient’s chance, based on tiny DNA ...

#WorldHeartDay 🫀 Polygenic risk scores — a patient’s chance, based on tiny DNA variants, of developing cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and more — are coming to clinics. But there are kinks to iron out and accuracy remains an issue.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/health-disease/2024/polygenic-risk-score-genes-heart-disease-cancer-coming-to-clinic

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