Nurse takes cheek swab from child (IMAGE)

Penn State

Nurse takes cheek swab from child

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Penn State researchers have developed risk scores that distill genetic information—collected, for example, using a cheek swab like the one pictured here—into an easy-to-interpret metric that could help clinicians identify young children most at risk of developing obesity.

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Penn State Center for Medical Genomics

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