[HN Gopher] Genetic autopsies to unravel the mystery of sudden d...
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Genetic autopsies to unravel the mystery of sudden deaths
Author : PaulHoule
Score : 17 points
Date : 2024-02-01 21:10 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| phyzome wrote:
| I'd be very wary of this. Very few medical conditions have any
| kind of strong and simple link to known genes or gene networks.
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| "This gene combo has a 10% chance of mortality due to cardiac
| causes" doesn't tell you much about one person who died suddenly.
| There are a lot of people with those genes who _didn 't_ die
| suddenly of that thing, or did but of something else.
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| So at best you're working with a sort of a shrug in a certain
| direction.
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