Stanford Medicine SCOPE, May 16 2022.
Studying the human genome — the code that determines how the body is put together and operates — has helped scientists decipher the root of many diseases. Even so, there are still holes (some might say gaping ones) in our knowledge of genetic disease.
That’s particularly true when it comes to the causes and risk factors that lead to genetically complex diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes. Researchers call these complex polygenic diseases because they arise from hundreds of small changes to the genome combined with a person’s environment and lifestyle. Read More >