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Health Blog Gene of the Day: KIF6 for Statins, Heart Attacks

Posted on January 22, 2008

Another day, another gene variant linked to deadly disease. Today s Gene of the Day is KIF6, a common form of which appears to increase the risk of heart attacks. Statins also appear to be especially effective at lowering the risk of heart attacks in people with a the high-risk form of the gene, which is present in nearly 60% of the population, the WSJ reports.The analysis was conducted by Celera (of Human Genome Project fame), and was based genetic analysis of several large, already completed studies. Three studies, funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb, looked at statins including Bristol s Pra...

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