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Genes

Polygenic risk score (PRS) assessment

Humans have almost identical DNA sequences throughout their 6-billion-letter genome, with minor differences between individuals making each person unique. These differences, called genomic variants...

Screening tests/risk assessment of cardiovascular health based on PRS

Many studies have shown that PRS (Polygenic Risk Scores) have similar or greater accuracy in predicting cardiovascular health issues compared to individual clinical risk factors. For example, a 2018...

Preventive intervention based on PRS

Individualized disease management is critical to the philosophy of precision medicine, and genetic factors are often invoked in this strategy to personalize healthcare. An example of the potential...