New Method for Generating More Accurate Polygenic Risk Scores - Technology Networks


5/6/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Technology Networks

To generate more accurate predictions of disease risk, a research team has used data from more diverse populations to remove the current Eurocentric bias.

Polygenic risk scores (PRS) are promising tools for predicting disease risk, but current versions have built-in bias that can affect their accuracy in some populations and result in health disparitie… [+5875 chars]

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