Researchers said they have developed polygenic risk scores for six common diseases that may offer clinically meaningful information about a person’s disease risk.
Findings validating the risk scores were recently published in Nature Medicine. The study authors also developed informational resources to help physicians incorporate the polygenic risk scores into practice.
“As a primary care physician myself, I knew that busy physicians were not going to have time to take an entire course on polygenic risk scores,” Jason Vassy, MD, MPH, a clinician-investigator in the division of
Polygenic risk scores may assist decision-making in primary care
Researchers said they have developed polygenic risk scores for six common diseases that may offer clinically meaningful information about a person’s disease risk.
Findings validating the risk scores were recently published in Nature Medicine. The study authors also developed informational resources to help physicians incorporate the polygenic risk scores into practice.
“As a primary care physician myself, I knew that busy physicians were not going to have time to take an entire course on polygenic risk scores,” Jason Vassy, MD, MPH, a clinician-investigator in the division of