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Indian and American scientists find genes and methods leading to early detection of mental retardation and debilitating muscular conditions like Down’s syndrome and Muscular Dystrophy
Researchers at the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, and the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, in the US have tracked close to 43 rouge genes that are responsible for mental retardation and debilitating muscular conditions like Down’s syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy and skeletal deformation.
This will allow the medical practitioners to understand which patients or people are more susceptible to these conditions and taking precautionary measures as well initiate processes of early detection of these diseases way early in life.
The breakthrough will also allow Medical Doctors tell a pregnant mother soon after conception if her child will be susceptible to mental retardation and debilitating muscular conditions like Down’s syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy and skeletal deformation.
Down’s Syndrome is a genetic condition which causes mild to moderate mental retardation and changes the facial profile. Muscular dystrophy weakens muscles and a stage will come when they slowly stop working.
These scientists found that apart from its crucial role in determining gender, the X chromosomes could well be termed a storehouse of disease-causing genes.
The team’s comparative study of the human X chromosome and genetic data of chimpanzees, rats and mice helped in the discovery of the new genes.
Close to 30 scientists in collaboration with US researchers worked on the project for more than 19 moths to find the genes.
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