deCODE launches deCODE MI for genetic risk factors for early onset heart attack
deCODE genetics in Iceland has announced the launch of deCODE MI(TM), a reference laboratory test for variations in the genome (called SNPs) that the company has associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
The SNPs are located on chromosome 9 and were discovered by deCODE earlier this year. As described in the journal Science in July, deCODE scientists found that people who carry two copies of these variants are at double the risk of suffering an early heart attack — before the age of 50 in men and 60 in women — than are those who do not carry them.
deCODE validated the role of these variants in five groups of patients and controls from Iceland and the United States, and other researchers have replicated this finding in several European, US, and Canadian cohorts.
The test needs to be ordered by a physician. For further information visit www.decodediagnostics.com
Elaine
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