A SECRET GENOMIC KEY TO UNCOMMON DISEASES DISCOVERED – A group of researchers out of the University of Exeter in the UK have released a study demonstrating the discovery of an area of our genes that regulates turning genes on or off. The group claims the discovery will lead to an understanding of the underlying causes of rare diseases that would then lead to cures and/or effective therapies for these diseases.
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Previously unexplored genomic control regions hold the key to identifying the causes of rare disease – www.techexplorist.com
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…..A region of the genome that has received little attention in medical genetics has become the source of a rare illness. A group at the University of Exeter has discovered genetic alterations in an area that regulates the function of the genome by turning genes on or off. As a result, they have found a key that could help identify further causes of uncommon illnesses.
This research is a very unusual instance of a disease caused by mutations beyond the exome, the area of the genome that codes for genes. A gene called HK1 that ordinarily plays no part in the relevant body tissue, in this case, the pancreas, has, for the first time, been found to be impacted by alterations.
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