Personalised lung health risk scores enabled by UK-led genome study

In their study, the researchers analysed genomic data from a whopping 580,869 people from across the globe, comparing such with measures of lung function — that is, how well they move air in and out of the body.

In conditions such as asthma and COPD, this process is made more difficult by the narrowing of the airways.

By comparing genomic data with that on lung function, the team were able to identify 559 new genes linked to lung health with greater confidence than ever before.

It is these genes which encode the proteins involved in lung functions that doctors can develop medicines to target to prevent or treat lung diseases.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1745897/personalised-lung-health-risk-scores-enabled-uk-led-genome-study-gwas