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In the final chapter of the PRS series, learn more about future uses for polygenic risk scores, from stratifying populations and targeting high-risk individuals to early intervention and preventative...
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Explore how polygenic risk scores can be used to predict an individual’s risk of complex disease. Geneticist Gerome Breen and Professor of Statistical Genetics Cathryn Lewis of King's College, London,...
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In the first chapter of the series, Naomi Wray, Professor of Psychiatric and Quantitative Genetics at the University of Queensland, Gerome Breen, a geneticist at the Social Development and Psychiatry...
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In chapter 4, industry thought leaders explore how polygenic risk scores will one day impact clinical care—as early predictors of disease, when there is an unclear diagnosis, and early detection of...
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Continue exploring PRSs. Yongyong Shi, a professor at the Bio-X Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Stewart Macgregor, head of the Statistical Genetics Laboratory at Queensland Institute, Professor...
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The mysteries hidden within ancient DNA may harness the answers to today’s mental health epidemic. A renowned evolutionary geneticist, Eske Willerslev, is determined to decode the genetic origins and...
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Hear from William Lee, Vice President of Bioinformatics at Helix and Jessica Gordon, Director of Software Engineering at Illumina as they explain how Helix was able to scale rapidly into one of the...
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Dr. Martin Chavez, Chief of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Winthrop University Hospital discusses why he recommends noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT). He notes that its accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity...