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Genome-wide risk profiles—will they change your life(style)?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 7, pages 252–254 (2011)Cite this article

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Rapid advances in genotyping technology coupled with the vast success of genome-wide association studies have raised hope and expectations that genetic testing will pave the way to personalized medicine. But do personal genome profiles motivate people to change their lifestyle? Or do they merely increase anxiety?

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Loos, R. Genome-wide risk profiles—will they change your life(style)?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 7, 252–254 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2011.41

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