What is it about?
The database at Nutrigenetics.net has been under development since 2007 to facilitate the identification and classification of PubMed articles relevant to human genetics. An effort has been made to improve accessibility for all audiences, including for students and other members of the public. Use of standardized terminology allows display of subtopics for any given topic or combination of topics, including for genes and for genetic variants/mutations which can reveal relationships that are otherwise easily overlooked. These relationships include environmental and lifestyle variables with potential relevance to risk modification (both beneficial and detrimental), and to prevention or delay of symptom onset for health conditions like Alzheimer disease among many others. Thirty-four specific genetic variants are listed which have each been mentioned in at least ≥1,000 PubMed titles/abstracts, and these numbers are steadily increasing.
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Why is it important?
With the continuing emergence of gene-environment and gene-lifestyle evidence, along with other numerous reports on genetics/epigenetics and the related omics, there is now a growing opportunity for its practical use. The database at Nutrigenetics.net helps meet the acute need for greater genetics literacy/education, information dissemination, and public engagement.
Perspectives
As more-and-more PubMed records constantly appear on genetics and the related omics, the aim of the Nutrigenetics.net database is to become increasingly useful to all potential audiences.
Ron Martin
Nutrigenetics Unlimited, Inc.
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This page is a summary of: Gene-Centric Database Reveals Environmental and Lifestyle Relationships for Potential Risk Modification and Prevention, Lifestyle Genomics, January 2021, Karger Publishers,
DOI: 10.1159/000512690.
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