Researchers develop guidelines for reporting polygenic risk scores
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10 March 2021Researchers develop guidelines for reporting polygenic risk scores
Scientists and healthcare providers are beginning to use a new approach for assessing a person’s inherited risk for diseases like Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and breast cancer, which involves calculating a polygenic risk score. The score provides an estimate of an individual’s risk for specific diseases, based on their DNA changes related to those diseases.
