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.
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