An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure – Benjamin Franklin.

For many chronic conditions, such as heart disease and cancer, your genes affect how likely you are to get a disease. Other factors, such as your environment and behaviors, also play a role. In the population, people commonly have different versions of a gene, and some of these versions are as-sociated with disease risk. An example of precision health, polygenic risk scores combine the different versions of many genes you have that are related to a specific disease.

The OSF Breakthrough Treatment Center and its partners around the world are working to bring Polygenic Risk Scores to OSF patients in the clinic. A simple saliva test could give patients and their doctors a lifetime of life-changing insight on hidden genetic risks and create smarter management and early detection strategies.