date:May 21, 2012
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The international team, led by researchers at the Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital, USA, explored naturally occurring genetic variations in humans to test the connection between HDL levels and heart attack. By studying the genes of nearly 170,000 individuals, the team discovered that, when examined together, the 15 HDL-raising variants they tested do not reduce the risk of heart attack.
Our study highlights the value of human genetic information in understanding disea