Roseane Maria Maia Santos Author

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The Search for genomic markers for coffee consumption

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Roseane Maria Maia Santos

The turnaround of the millennium brought us lots of expectation in terms of world market globalization economy, planet environment preservation and energy resources to mention a few. However, one of the most important discoveries in the science ­ eld was the unveiling of the human genome. Since then, most of the attention has turned to understanding the function of many genes and genomic fragments and their relationship with human pathophysiology. Much has been accomplished so far, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2 markers for breast cancer; HOXB13 gene for prostate cancer; APOE ‑4 for Alzheimer’s disease and many others that lead to the possibility of genetic testing to predict the risk of developing the disease, if the mutant variant gene is expressed in the individual genome.C... view more»

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