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Prostate cancer
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Polygenic tests rolled out across UK private sector
Private health providers across the UK will offer a genome-wide genomic test to assess long-term health risks...
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Diversity in Health Data: Achieving Benefit for All
This latest PET event explored the importance of representing diversity in health research datasets. This is the second in a series of three events exploring large-scale biomedical databases and research resources...
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Polygenic scores could 'turn the tide on prostate cancer'
An at-home spit test to identify patients at risk of prostate cancer, using a polygenic risk score, has been shown to outperform current testing methods...
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Polygenic risk scores for common diseases to be offered by UK insurance industry
The British health insurance and healthcare company Bupa plans to offer an approach to people's genomic data that, it is claimed, can evaluate an individual's risk of developing seven common diseases...
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Ageing and mortality shaped by environment more than genetics
Environmental factors could be more influential in health and premature death than our genes, according to a new study...
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DNA repair pathways influence how cancer cells die after radiotherapy
The effectiveness of radiotherapy in killing cancer cells depends on the DNA repair pathway the cell uses to fix radiation-induced damage...
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Genetic risk factors for cancer are associated with infertility
A genetic mutation known to increase the risk of various cancers, including breast and ovarian cancers, has been linked to infertility in mice...
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The wrong genes for the job?
The British Army's initial decision to preclude an applicant from joining due to a family history of BRCA variant-related cancer raises a number of questions about how employers collect and use genetic data…
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BRCA2 variant found in people of Shetland heritage
One in 40 people who have four grandparents from the Isle of Whalsay in Shetland, Scotland, carry a gene variant known to increase their risk of developing cancer...