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Genomics in The iPaper: People in their 20s might soon get statins

12 February 2026
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The iPaper

The iPaper examines the shift toward preventative cardiology, specifically the use of polygenic risk scores to identify heart attack risks in young adults. The article highlights the NHS-backed "Our Future Health" project and the insights of Professor Peter Donnelly on how genetic sequencing could trigger earlier medical interventions, such as statin prescriptions for those in their twenties and thirties.

This feature was originally published in The iPaper.

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