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Study shows why certain genetically predisposed individuals do not develop heart disease

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Study shows why certain genetically predisposed individuals do not develop heart disease News-Medical Life can change dramatically when someone learns they are genetically predisposed to a disease, such as a condition called familial hypercholesterolemia, where a mutated gene can lead to elevated cholesterol and increased risk for a premature heart attack. But these kinds of disease predictions are complicated: Not everyone carrying such high-risk single-gene variants develops the disease. READ MORE

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