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Heart 'Time Bomb' Ticking for 60M

1 in 100 have mutant gene that increases risk sevenfold

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 19, 2009 5:50 AM CST

(Newser) – Scientists have discovered a mutant gene carried by 1% of the population which almost guarantees heart disease in later life, reports the BBC. Some 60 million people have the genetic time bomb, including 4% of the total population of India. The gene increases the risk...   Read full story »

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