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Multi-ancestry comparison can accurately predict risk factors for coronary artery disease – News-Medical.Net

An international group led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences have used a combination of genome-wide association analysis—or …

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Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 6 2020
An international group led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences have used a combination of genome-wide association analysis—or GWAS—and a trans-ancestry comparison of different GWAS studies, to come up with a more accurate predictor of coronary artery disease based on genetic factors.
It is known that coronary artery disease—the world’s leading cause of death—is highly heritable, and in some cases, most notably the P…

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