From uncharted region of human genome, clues emerge about origins of coronary artery disease

Scientists have learned how an interval of DNA in an unexplored region of the human genome increases the risk for coronary artery disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Their research reinforces the tantalizing possibility that many more disease risks -- and potential therapies -- are hidden in the vast and uncharted part of the genome that doesn't contain instructions for making proteins.

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