Personalized Medicine: Complex Genetics Initiative
There are over 6 million known ways that human DNA can vary from one person to the next.
Some rare diseases are caused by a single change in one gene while other common diseases like obesity, coronary artery disease, and diabetes may be caused by several genes working together.
This study hopes to learn about the genetic causes of common cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and discover how different people respond to medications and treatments.
Over the next five years 100,000 adult volunteers seeking patient care at Penn Medicine will be invited to join the
Genetics of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Phenotypes Study.
The study will build a DNA bank to help identify genes involved in complex cardiovascular and metabolic diseases and disorders.
A DNA bank is a place to store DNA so it can be used now and for future research.
Contact: Jennifer Morrissey, MSN, MBE, CRNP (215) 615-5443
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