polygenic
Britishadjective
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"The companies that offer gene panel testing are not the same ones that provide polygenic risk scores."
From Science Daily
Looking at his genome, and comparing it with polygenic scores, they found that Hitler had a high predisposition for autism, ADHD, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
From BBC
"The last 10 years, we've been working towards using polygenic risk scores to predict disease. It's very challenging because many diseases are caused by thousands of variations across the genome," Speed explains.
From Science Daily
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, a professional organization for geneticists and genetic counselors, concluded last year that polygenic screening offers no proven clinical benefit.
Additionally, the study found that gene-drug interactions can also influence the predictive power of a genetic risk tool known as a polygenic score.
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