date:May 21, 2012
se biology, said Professor David Altshuler of the Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School, who co-authored the study.
This kind of research is not about personalised prediction rather, it's about testing mechanisms and therapeutic hypotheses, he said.
The researchers said their findings raise significant questions over whether products that are aimed at raising levels of HDL-cholesterol will prove effective in lowering heart attack risk across the population.
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