A gene discovery in truffle dogs sheds new light on the mechanisms of childhood epilepsy
Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 16:01
in Biology & Nature
A new epilepsy gene, LGI2, has been found in the Lagotto Romagnolo dogs, known from their gift for truffle hunting. The gene discovery made by Professor Hannes Lohi and his research group at the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center offers a new candidate gene for human benign childhood epilepsies characterized by seizure remission. The research will be published in the prestigious scientific journal PLoS Genetics.