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Clinical Utility of Polygenic Risk Scores Questioned in Commentary

Feb 04, 2019
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Julia Karow
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A commentary published in Genetics in Medicine last month has led to discussion about the clinical utility of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for assessing an individual's risk of developing diseases such as heart disease or cancer.

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