Genetic variation may lead to early cardiovascular disease
Saturday, January 3, 2009 - 04:56
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center have identified a variation in a particular gene that increases susceptibility to early coronary artery disease. For years, scientists have known that the devastating, early-onset form of the disease was inherited, but they knew little about the gene(s) responsible until now. The results are published January 2 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.
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