Important new updates to the largest open database for polygenic scores, the Polygenic Score (PGS) Catalog, could help to generate more equitable disease risk predictions for a diverse range of ethnic ...

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 developing certain diseases, such as ...

A polygenic risk score was able to detect a high proportion of clinically significant prostate cancer. Cancer would not have been detected in 71.8% of patients with the use of PSA or MRI screening.

Incorporating a polygenic risk score into prostate cancer screening could enhance the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer that conventional screening may miss, according to results of ...

Telomere length and polygenic risk scores (PRS) are linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) risk, especially in ...

Not all cancers are alike, especially when it comes to prostate cancer. “The guidelines recommend they go on active surveillance rather than getting treated. For many of them, it’s really unlikely ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers developed a multi-ancestry polygenic score using data from two genome-wide association studies.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers said common risk variants help explain why epilepsy occurs in some family members and not others.

A retrospective study found that the 313-SNP breast cancer polygenic risk score (PRS 313) blood test could predict future incidents of breast cancer in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ ...

Glaucoma risk can be managed more effectively with the ability to use polygenic risk scores to identify individuals who can benefit from more intense treatment. Glaucoma is an eye condition that can ...