Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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Genes may increase risk of aneurysm

Contributing Reporter
Published Tuesday, November 18, 2008

New research by Yale scientists may give new hope to the 2 percent of the population that suffer from brain aneurysms — including Vice President-elect Joe Biden, who nearly died from a ruptured brain aneurysm in 1988.

Fifteen years of hard work, state-of-the-art technology, and international cooperation came to an apex last Sunday, November 9, when Yale researchers published a study identifying three genes that may increase an individual’s risk of developing a brain aneurysm. The study, which will be contained in the journal Nature Genetics, screened DNA samples from 2,100...

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