Symposium on 'The challenge of translating nutrition research into public health nutrition'. Session 2: Personalised nutrition. Genetic variation and disease risk: new advances.

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Variations in human DNA, most frequently single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), can have functional consequences ranging from severe to none. Variations in outcome (phenotype) can be compared, from cystic fibrosis through haemochromatosis to general familial risks in, for example, colo-rectal cancer (CRC). Cystic fibrosis and haemochromatosis have severe phenotypes with high penetrance, with signs and symptoms...

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