Gene linked with successful hypertension therapy:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Individuals with high blood pressure who have a particular variant of the adducin gene are twice as likely to avoid heart attacks and strokes if they take a diuretic medication, says a US research team. Screening for the Gly460Trp variant of the adducin gene, which affects the way in which the kidneys deal with salt and water balance, could help identify those especially likely to benefit for low-dose diuresis, report University of Washington researchers in The Journal of the American Medical Association (April 3).