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  1. STATGEN 2024 talk
    Polygenic risk score analysis for multiethnic populations
    Chris Amos

    Polygenic Risk Scores (PRS)
    * Inform re biological processes
    * Identify some at higher risk
    * Might motivate behavioral change

    PRS could inform when to start screening.

    "measles plot instead of a manhattan plot" - has excessive false positives all over the genome.

    Lung cancer risk snp also is related to response to smoking cessation

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