A retrospective study found that the 313-SNP breast cancer polygenic risk score (PRS313) blood test could predict future ...

A risk score incorporating genetic variants for open-angle glaucoma is accurate enough to help with diagnosis of the condition, an interim study reveals. Although hundreds of genetic changes are ...

TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech ...

Earlier and later diagnosed autism have different underlying biological and developmental profiles," said Varun Warrier.

There’s a new type of genetic testing known as polygenic embryo screening which promises to identify the risk of developing conditions like cancer, obesity and autism. But researchers are cautious.

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.

Many statistical models and algorithms used by scientists can be imagined as a "black box." These models are powerful tools that give accurate predictions, but their internal workings are not easily ...

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 ...

Data from a large prospective cohort study reveal that a polygenic risk score has the potential to predict survival outcomes in patients with breast cancer. Arya Mariam Roy, MBBS, Hematology/Oncology ...

Children with higher polygenic scores showed accelerated BMI gain from age 2.5 years to adolescence in ALSPAC study. (HealthDay News) — Polygenic scores (PGSs) for body mass index (BMI) can improve ...