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Why early participant engagement is now a top priority in genetic disease research

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The DNA of these so-called ‘genetic superheroes’ may contain clues about how to treat severe disease. Whether these people were truly naturally resistant to severe disease, and why that might be the case, remains a mystery. A decidedly contentious area in genomics is the patient’s ‘right not to know’.

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HFpEF vs. HFrEF: How To Improve Heart Failure Drug Development

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million people in the US, yet there is no treatment for the most common form of the disease: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It’s not just one disease,” says Dr. “There are different subtypes of heart failure that have different clinical presentations.”. Heart failure affects about 6.2