New genetic test for heart-attack risk launched for patients at Mass General

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On Jan. 27, 2021, researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Massachusetts General Hospitalメs Center for Genomic Medicine announced a clinical test that includes polygenic scores to estimate a patientメs risk for one of the worldメs leading causes of death ラ heart attack. Mass Generalメs new Preventive Genomics Clinic,began offering the test to patients in December, 2020.

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Source: Massachusetts Eye and Ear
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