Mutations in PINK1 and its partner molecule Parkin cause hereditary forms of Parkinson's disease. (sciencedaily.com)
New understanding of epigenetics, or the molecular processes that control genes, show how it underlies hereditary forms of obesity and cancer (scientificamerican.com)
The researchers studied DNA variants in the gene encoding the enzyme sucrase - isomaltase (SI), due to the observation that SI mutations are often found in hereditary forms of sucrose intolerance, whose main characteristics diarrhea, abdominal pain and bloating are also common in IBS. (sciencedaily.com)