A Common CD36 Variant and the Genetic Landscape of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Individuals of African Ancestry.
Including African ancestry individuals in genetic research reveals new heart disease risk factors previously missed.
The abstract reports these findings reshape the known genetic architecture of DCM in individuals of African ancestry and highlight the importance of representation in genomic research. This PubMed record was retained because it is relevant to genomics/precision medicine.
What the study was
- Study design
- Cohort study
- Category
- Genomics/Precision Medicine
- Maturity
- Exploratory
- Journal
- JAMA
Why it surfaced
Cohort study relevant to Precision oncology and genomic medicine; scored conservatively from the PubMed abstract.
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