A Harvard Scientist Thinks He Has a Gene Test for Heart Attack Risk. He Wants to Give It Away Free.

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Last Posted: Aug 16, 2018

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• A Harvard Scientist Thinks He Has a Gene Test for Heart Attack Risk. He Wants to Give It Away Free.
  M Herper, Forbes, August 13, 2018
• Can Genetic Risk Scores Score a Win for Precision Prevention? Time and Rigorous Studies Will Tell
  MJ Khoury, CDC blog, 2018
• Clues to Your Health Are Hidden at 6.6 Million Spots in Your DNA With a sophisticated new algorithm, scientists have found a way to forecast an individual’s risks for five deadly diseases. 
  G Kolata, New York Times, August 13, 2018
• Multigene test may find risk for heart disease, diabetes and breast cancer
  Associated Press, August 13, 2018
• Predicting risk for common deadly diseases from millions of genetic variants
  K Zusi, Broad Institute, August 13, 2018
• The value of genetic risk scores in precision medicine for diabetes
  MI McCarthy et al, Expert Rev Precision Medicine and Drug Development, August 2018
• Genome-wide polygenic scores for common diseases identify individuals with risk equivalent to monogenic mutations
  AV Khera et al, Nature Genetics, AUgust 13, 2018
• Genetic score identifies young patients at risk for MI
  ASPC, July 28, 2018
• A Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Risk Score Predicts Progression of Islet Autoimmunity and Development of Type 1 Diabetes in Individuals at Risk.
  Redondo Maria J et al. Diabetes care 2018 Jul
• Genetic stratification for primary prevention of coronary artery disease.
  Roberts Robert et al. Current opinion in cardiology 2018 Jul

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