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Podcast: The Thorne Podcast
Episode: Optimize Your Health with Polygenic Risk Scores
Description: At-home DNA tests are everywhere, but what can your DNA tell you about your risk for developing serious diseases like cancer? Returning guest Dr. Joel Evans from Genetype and The Center for Functional Medicine explains how a polygenic risk score may help optimize your future.
During this episode you’ll learn about:
This week’s guest: Dr. Joel Evans, OB-GYN and functional medicine doctor [0:55]
How to use polygenic risk scores, a powerful disease prediction tool [2:45]
What are SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms)? [5:57]
Breakthrough genome-wide association studies (GWAS) [7:15]
From GWAS to PRS: Polygenic risk scores show genetic predisposition to d...