Alison Goate Quotes on Danger & Risk (3 Quotes)

The region of DNA identified in our study showed evidence of replication in four independent series of experiments. I haven't seen a putative risk factor show such consistent results since the e4 variant of the APOE gene was identified as a risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease more than 10 years ago.

When we understand more about the genes and the environmental factors that influence someone's risk, I think you will be better able to predict who is at highest risk and then target your prevention strategies at those high-risk individuals.

In earlier work, we had identified chromosome 7 as a region where there was likely to be a gene-influencing alcoholism risk.