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To address this, scientists from trust are working on a program called the Genotype Prediction Algorithm (GPA) for Asian donors funded by the Department of Health.
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Upload your 23andME or deCODEme genotype to the OpenSNP database, and then share information about your visible traits or phenotype, and you could help scientists discover new genetic associations.
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The current standard treatment cures between 66% and 79% of patients with the most common type of hepatitis C, known as genotype 1, and who are undergoing the drug therapy for the first time, according to clinical data cited by the Food and Drug Administration.
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"The existence of these structures may be loaded when the cell has a certain genotype or a certain dysfunctional state, " said Prof Shankar Balasubramanian from Cambridge's department of chemistry.
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Another nugget: most Americans with hepatitis C have genotype 1, which is the hardest to treat.
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They found that a genotype conferring low levels of the enzyme monoamine oxidase A (MAOA), when combined with early child abuse, predisposed the individual to later antisocial behavior.
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