Diverse genome sequences provide a powerful tool for studying risk of heart disease. Credit: Harry Wedel, NHGRI (National Human Genome Research Institute). Dear Readers, We’re happy to bring you HTF’s first Health Edition of 2023. For the topic of this edition, we’re going way back to the beginning of human origins and taking a look
In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.