ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celera Corporation (NASDAQ:CRA) today announced the publication of data reporting that elderly (over age 70) carriers of the KIF6 gene variant with prior vascular disease received significant benefit from pravastatin (Pravachol®) therapy. Previous research has shown that a variant of the KIF6 gene, a member of the molecular motor protein kinesin family, is associated with up to a 55% increased risk of primary and recurrent coronary heart disease (CHD) events in the placebo arms of the clinical trials, and that this increased risk is virtually eliminated with statin therapy. This paper has been published ahead of print in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, and is currently available on the publication’s website at: http://journals.lww.com/ejcpr/Abstract/publishahead/KIF6_Trp719Arg_polymorphism_and_the_effect_of.99827.aspx
