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RSS FeedsAvatar worms help to identify factors that modify genetic diseases
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

 
 

21 january 2020 19:44:51

 
Avatar worms help to identify factors that modify genetic diseases
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)
 


Often, patients from the same family and carriers of the same genetic mutation, develop a disease differently. This disparity may be due to the existence of mutations in other secondary genes, which influence the onset and progression of the disease caused by the main mutation. As an example, members of a family who are carriers of the same mutation may show symptoms of the disease at age 20, and others at age 50. Knowing what factors influence the onset and development of the disease would help gain a better prognosis and the application of preventive treatments. Retinitis pigmentaria is a group of a genetic and degenerative diseases characterized by the loss of light-receptor cells in the retina, this causes a non-responding retina and progressive vision loss.


 
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