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.

New genetic research shows a simple genetic test can predict who’s most at risk for obesity, offering hope for early prevention, but also raises tough questions about genetic fairness and healthcare ...

A new study links telomere length and polygenic risk scores to IPF development, highlighting genetic drivers beyond rare variants. The role of polygenic risk scores in patients with idiopathic ...

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 ...

“What makes the score so powerful is its ability to predict, before the age of five, whether a child is likely to develop obesity in adulthood, well before other risk factors start to shape their ...

Much the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres — regions of repetitive DNA sequences and a protein structure — protect the tips of chromosomes from damage. Every ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Allelica, a leader in genomic risk assessment for common diseases, announced today that polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been recognized as a ...

Estimated prevalence of pathogenic variants in patients with breast, colon, and/or endometrial cancer who do not meet guidelines for genetic testing. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ...

Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the world a better, fairer, more equitable place. But they disagree on whether studying social genomics—elucidating any potential genetic ...