Polygenic scores perform poorly in predicting common diseases
Polygenic risk scores perform poorly if used to predict common diseases such as coronary artery disease or breast cancer, a University College London study has found...
A cancer that forms in tissues of the breast. Breast cancers occur in both women and men, although male breast cancer is rare.
Polygenic risk scores perform poorly if used to predict common diseases such as coronary artery disease or breast cancer, a University College London study has found...
Researchers have found that counselling before or after taking a genetic test to assess the risk of developing ovarian or breast cancer does not reduce distress, anxiety or depression...
Researchers have identified four new breast-cancer-associated genes that have the potential to help improve clinical screening for women at risk...
Having one or two APOE-ε4 alleles, a genetic variant associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease, has been linked to a larger number of offspring in women in Bolivia...
by Sophie Peet
Some genetic testing comes with some risk that it will make it difficult for an individual to access some forms of insurance in the UK. Here Sophie Peet asks how regulation of this should be changed to keep pace with changes in genomics and our understanding of discrimination…
by Joel Mendes
A rare gene mutation that may increase risk of breast cancer, has been identified in women of Polish descent...
by Joel Mendes
Research into the effects of testosterone on breast tissue in transgender men may have implications for understanding and treating breast cancer...
One percent of people with three grandparents from Orkney, Scotland, carry a gene variant known to increase the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer...
A gene involved in suppressing tumours has been shown to link breast cancer to stress and an irregular body clock...
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