As new data wave begins, a gene study in one disease reveals mutations in an unrelated disease
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 22:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers seeking rare gene variants in just a few individuals with ADHD discovered that one patient had a novel combination of two mutations. Those mutations caused an unrelated disease, the blood disorder idiopathic hemolytic anemia. That unexpected result may herald an oncoming wave of new findings from improved gene-searching tools, with implications for researchers about how to best return such information to their research subjects.