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Researchers Discover the First 'Heart Attack' Gene

Posted by michael on from the heartbreaker dept.

jimi1283 writes "A group of researchers recently conducted a study on 100 members of a family that had a high percentage of heart attack and other coronary disease. The study lead to the discovery of the gene responsible."

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  1. Re:Never a single gene by Smidge204 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From the article you probably didn't read:

    The gene makes a protein that regulates some other genes and Topol said those will now be analyzed to see if they can be linked generally to heart disease.

    So no, it's probably not just that gene, but in general it seems the problem starts from here and cascades down.

    I'm not a biologist, but I think until they've mapped out every single gene and know exactly what it does, it might be wise to refain from words like "never" and "always". :)
    =Smidge=