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Penn Study Highlights Inconsistencies of Genetic Markers for Predicting Heart Disease
November 20, 2024
UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release:

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Findings suggest polygenic risk scores may provide conflicting results for detecting heart disease risk

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PHILADELPHIA-- Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) are a cutting-edge tool in genetics, combining information from genetic markers across the genome to estimate a person's risk of d . . .

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