Tag: Genetics
Public Policy Recs Updated for Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Goals include enhancing awareness of familial hypercholesterolemia as a global public health issue
Severity of Autism Symptoms May Vary in Monozygotic Twins
Trait correlations for MZ twins differed according to the clinical range of severity for autistic symptoms
China Convicts Scientists Claiming First Genetically Edited Babies
Scientists convicted of practicing medicine without license, violating Chinese regulations on research
Polygenic Risk Score More Strongly Linked to Early-Onset CRC
Strongest association seen for participants without a first-degree family history of colorectal cancer
First-Line Osimertinib May Up Survival in EGFR-Mutated NSCLC
For previously untreated disease, overall survival longer with osimertinib versus comparator EGFR-TKIs
Study Supports PSA Screening for Male BRCA2 Carriers
Further follow-up needed to assess benefit of PSA screening in male BRCA1 mutation carriers
Expansion of Diagnostic Criteria Proposed for COPD
Expanded diagnostic criteria used to classify individuals with possible, probable, definite COPD
Racial Differences Found in Gene Panels for Prostate Cancer Prognosis
Gene expression differs for European-American men, African-American men for three commercial panels
Bariatric Surgery in Obese Patients May Lower Cancer Risk
Among genetically predisposed, breast cancer rate higher in those who did not opt for bariatric surgery
Many Oncologists Fail to Discuss Costs of Genomic Testing
About a quarter of oncologists say they rarely, never bring up costs when they discuss genomic testing
