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Genetics and Health

Archive for the ‘Cataracts’ Category

February 15th, 2008

Childhood cataract gene identified

 
Genetic material has been analyzed from members of a large Swiss family, the majority of whom suffered from auto-somal dominant juvenile cataract.  From the DNA, researchers at ETH Zurich and the University Zurich identified the chromosomal location and exact molecular defect in the coding region of the gene responsible for the type of childhood cataract. Until now, no […]

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