News on molecular diagnostics, pharmacogenomics tests for coronary artery disease, congenital heart defects, and more.
Polynesian ancestry — encompassing genetic and lifestyle factors — affects obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart failure among Native Hawaiians, a new study has found.
Four genomics startups will join Illumina's Bay Area program, while five will join the Cambridge, UK program.
Later this year, the inherited cardiovascular disease clinic also plans to implement a preventive genomics program with polygenic risk score and PGx testing.
Genome-wide association studies offer a look at the rare and common contributors to the heart condition, pointing to possible prediction and treatment tools.
The findings indicate that rare genetic variants in cardiomyopathy-related genes may also contribute to more common forms of heart failure.
