International collaborative identifies 13 new heart-disease-associated gene sites
Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 14:20
in Biology & Nature
An international research collaboration has identified 13 new gene sites associated with the risk of coronary artery disease and validated 10 sites found in previous studies. Several of the novel sites discovered in the study, which is being published online in Nature Genetics, do not appear to relate to known risk factors, suggesting previously unsuspected mechanisms for cardiovascular disease...