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Audio Journal of Medicine: Gene Study Identifies Heart Disease Risk

August 29, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment
Nilesh Samani
Nilesh Samani

REFERENCE: N Engl J Med 2007; 357: 443-53
NILESH SAMANI, University of Leicester UK
Previously unrecognised DNA segments in human genes have been found to significantly increase the risk of coronary artery disease. That’s according to a publication just out in the New England Journal of Medicine. Nilesh Samani from the University of Leicester explained how this will help identify new high-risk groups and target prevention before the disease develops in at risk individuals.

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