Tag: Genetics
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
Polygenic Score Helps Guide Choice of Chemo for Pediatric AML
Polygenic score based on single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ara-C pathway genes may predict treatment outcomes
Polygenic Risk Score May Predict Radiographic Progression in RA
Risk for severe progression higher for patients in top quintile for PRS; association stronger in patients who were younger at disease onset
In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart
The Maryland heart patient is still doing well three days after the procedure was performed
