Some of the genes that predict the risk of high cholesterol don’t apply to people from Uganda the same as they do in European populations, finds a new UCL-led study.   The new Nature Communications study adds to evidence that genetic research involved in drug development and risk prediction testing might not apply equally to non-European populations.

 

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