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OK, the gene is called CHRNA5 and it seems to be related to a nicotine receptor. Here's where I found that: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n5/abs/ng.109.h
by lincolnq 15y ago
OK, the gene is called CHRNA5 and it seems to be related to a nicotine receptor. Here's where I found that: http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n5/abs/ng.109.html http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v40/n5/abs/ng.109.html
According to that article, the SNPs in question are rs1051730 and rs8034191. 23andme tests for both.
(My results indicate that I'm at lower risk, but I'm still not going to pick up a pack of cigarettes anytime soon :)
- eurleif 15y agoI find it surprising that a nicotine receptor-related gene would have anything to do with lung cancer risk, since it's supposed to be the tar in cigarette smoke that causes most of the carcinogenic effect, not the nicotine. I wonder if that means smokeless e-cigarettes aren't much healthier than normal cigarettes.