Yesterday, I published a story on the huge new science of genetic prediction and its caveats. Today, here's a more specific example of how you might encounter this science in the near-ish futurehttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/24/17759772/genetics-polygenic-risk-heart-disease-nature …
it's on genetic risk for heart disease. First thing, note: there's considerable debate over whether polygenic risk scores for heart disease will prove to be useful in the dr.'s office.
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at the same time, that's not going to stop people from finding out their genetic risk. So it's important to figure out what these scores mean, and what they do not, and how much more work truly needs to be done to validate themhttps://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/24/17759772/genetics-polygenic-risk-heart-disease-nature …
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