Sentences with phrase «predisposed individuals who»

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The authors anticipate that health care providers will use the early - detection biomarkers to test for their presence and levels in blood from pancreatic cancer patients and blood drawn from individuals with a high risk of developing pancreatic cancer, including those who have a first - degree relative with pancreatic cancer, are genetically predisposed to the disease, or who had a sudden onset of diabetes after the age of 50.

The researchers are now examining changes in the brains of individuals who go on to develop psychotic disorders, as well as potential environmental and genetic risk factors that may predispose individuals to poor cognition.

The scientists are assembling a bank of thousands of DNA samples from patients and other people whose DNA could be informative — such as elderly individuals who carry predisposing mutations but show no sign of the disease.

In rare cases a tumor called fibrosarcoma may develop at the injection site, however, this has been found to develop in only specific individuals who are genetically predisposed to form these tumors secondary to any type of infection or inflammation.