How accurate can genetic predictions be?

Background Pre-symptomatic prediction of disease and drug response based on genetic testing is a critical component of personalized medicine. Previous work has demonstrated that the predictive capacity of genetic testing is constrained by the heritability and prevalence of the tested trait, although...

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Main Authors: Dreyfuss, Jonathan M. (Author), Levner, Daniel (Author), Galagan, James E. (Author), Church, George M. (Author), Ramoni, Marco F. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd., 2013-01-18T19:07:29Z.
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