Genetic Error Linked to Rare Disease that Causes Chronic Respiratory Infections
According to a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine.
By Maggie Rotermund
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October 16, 2012
canning the DNA of two people with a rare disease has led scientists to identify the precise genetic error responsible for their disorder, primary ciliary dyskinesia.
The condition affects the tiny hair-like structures, called cilia, that extend from various cells in the body, and causes a range of symptoms: persistent lung, sinus and ear infections, male infertility, and sometimes a reversed orientation of major organs in the body.
The new discovery, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is reported online in the American Journal of Human Genetics. ...
