Charles Clore House

In the last 15 years, hundreds of genetic variants that affect the risk of major cardiovascular diseases (CVD) such as coronary artery disease (CAD) and stroke have been identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS).1,2 The incremental risk associated with each variant is small (typically <10%), but studies have shown that when the variants are combined into a polygenic risk score (PRS), such genetic information can partition patients into different trajectories of subsequent CVD...

BOOK REVIEW The Bodyguards of Lies: Lawyers’ Power and Professional Responsibility By Christopher Whelan, Oxford: Hart, 2022, 364 pp., £85.00 First published: 20 May 2024 No abstract is available for this article.

Abstract The right to respect for family and private life guaranteed by Article 8 plays a role in asylum related situations. Respect for family life involves keeping families together or facilitating family reunification or looking at family ties in the country of origin or residence. Respect for private life includes” moral and physical integrity”, and personal identity particularly in age assessment cases.