Sentences with phrase «known risk factor variants»
Provide insight as to why individuals with known risk factor variants escape from developing AD
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We currently do not know how these genetic risk factors affect the chemistry of the brain and cause specific symptoms, so it is not yet possible for scientists to design drugs to relieve symptoms shown by people with a particular genetic variant.
Carrying a particular version of the gene for apolipoprotein E (APOE) is the major known genetic risk factor for the sporadic, late - onset form of Alzheimer's disease, but exactly how that variant confers increased risk has been controversial among researchers.
Three simultaneous reports involving more than 32,000 participants uncovered four new diabetes - associated gene variants, bringing to 10 the number of known non-Mendelian genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
«There are certain genetic variants that we know are risk factors for allergy, but genotyping is not widely used in clinical practice, so this research offers healthcare professionals an alternative method of identifying at - risk children.»