Camilo Andrés Díaz QuinteroMedicine Student

 Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

III SemesterMedellín

Scientist have discovered the gene that codified for

“giants” people

News genomics variations that are implied

in some diseases

Gigantism is an hormonal disorder of the pituitary gland

that have an high grown hormone secretion

Defects in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein (AIP) gene have been associated with the apparition of pituitary tumors.

It was studied in some patients with acromegaly

familiar history the state of the API gene and was found

that all had one mutation

The genetic mutation was searched in the DNA of an

ancient skeleton and the result was the same

mutations that had the living patients

Thanks to this studies the humans are capacited for

broke the genetic limits for obtain news medicals elements

The genetic

markers are

important for the

development of

news drugs that

can act in specific

sites for some

news diseases

Genetic Mutation Responsible for Gigantism Disease Or Acromegaly Identified. Science Daily. Jan 10, 2011

Human Genome's Breaking Points: Genetic Sequence of Large-Scale Differences Between Human Genomes. Science Daily . Feb 2, 2011

MARTINEZ S., Lina María. Biología molecular. 5. ed. Medellín: UPB. Fac. de Medicina, 2009.