Baylor College of Medicine

Protein-protein interaction explains vision loss in genetic diseases

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 25th, 2009

HOUSTON (May 10, 2009) –The mystery of genetic disease is only partially solved with the identification of a mutated gene. Often, the pattern of disease – the features or disorders associated with it – vary in type and severity among those who are affected. Scientists, physicians and patients all ask why.

In this week's journal Nature Genetics, an international consortium of researchers, including some from Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu), provide not only an explanation for the variations of vision loss in people with a host of disorders associated with defective cilia within the cells, but also a blueprint for unraveling similar variations in signs among...

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