Genomics Teams Across The United States Are Looking

All the men participated in a prostate cancer study in sweden. Genomics teams across the united states are looking for combinations of genes that may contribute to common diseases such as cancer diabetes and asthma according to background information for the study. Jianfeng xu a professor of epidemiology and cancer biology at wake forest university school of medicine. A new blood test that looks at five genetic variants could one day predict the risk of developing prostate cancer a new study says. Family history is the sixth factor he said.

For the study the researchers examined dna samples from men with prostate cancer and compared them with dna of healthy men.