High-blood pressure genetic link discovered

“This discovery has great potential for enhancing our ability to tailor treatments to the individual — what we call personalized medicine — and to more effectively manage patients with hypertension,” said senior author Yen-Pei Christy Chang, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

“The STK39 gene is only one important piece of the puzzle,” she said. “We want to determine how people with different variations of this gene respond to diuretics and other medications, or to lifestyle changes, such as reducing the amount of salt in their diet.”

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