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Researchers identify gene that leads to myopia


Researchers identify gene that leads to myopia (nearsightedness)

Despite decades of intensive research, the specific genes whose defects lead to nearsightedness have remained elusive. A defective gene was ...

Gene Leads to Nearsightedness When Kids Read

Vision researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered a gene that causes myopia ... identify kids with genetic risk ...

New Genes for Nearsightedness Identified | Johns Hopkins

The researchers recently published their breakthrough in journal Nature Genetics. One of the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide, ...

Ben-Gurion U. researchers identify gene that leads to myopia ...

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, September 1, 2011- A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev research group led by Prof. Ohad Birk has identified a gene whose ...

Genetic underpinnings of near-sightedness identified in new research

New research involving Kaiser Permanente researchers and genetic data reveals for the first time which specific genes contribute to myopia ...

Study identifies three unknown genetic mechanisms that cause ...

The study analysed the DNA in relation to the eyesight and degree of myopia in over half a million volunteers. The study identified about a ...

High Myopia Genetic Research Study - Young Lab

High myopia tends to be inherited in families. It is important to identify the genes that cause high myopia in order to develop therapies to prevent the long- ...

Identification of Rare Variants Involved in High Myopia Unraveled by ...

Myopia (nearsightedness) is a condition in which a refractive error (RE) affects vision. Although common variants explain part of the genetic predisposition ...

Novel Myopia Genes and Pathways Identified From Syndromic ...

Hyperopia was found to be linked to a different pattern of biological processes, mostly related to organogenesis. Comparison with GWAS findings further ...

Researchers Identify New Gene That May Cause Nearsightedness

While there are several lifestyle factors that may lead to the development or worsening of myopia, many researchers have often held the belief ...

Myopia linked to five genetic variants and going to university

Five genetic variants may be linked to the onset of short-sightedness in people who study to university level. The discovery could help to ...

BGU Scientists Identify Gene That Leads to Myopia - A4BGU

San Diego Jewish Journal — For decades, researchers have searched for the cause of myopia, a hereditary trait more commonly known as ...

Researchers discover genetic processes that determine short ...

Three previously unknown genetic mechanisms have been discovered in causing myopia, a new study has found.

24 new genes for short-sightedness identified - Medical Xpress

An international team of scientists led by King's College London has discovered 24 new genes that cause refractive errors and myopia ...

An overview of myopia genetics - ScienceDirect.com

In the critical region on Xq28, the researchers searched for mutations in 13 candidate genes, but no pathogenic mutation was detected. In 2015, Li et al.

Myopia: It's in your genes, too - American Optometric Association

Researchers identify nine new genetic risk factors for myopia. A complex formula of both environmental and genetic mechanisms may work collectively to trigger ...

IMI – Myopia Genetics Report - IOVS - ARVO Journals

Although myopia is strongly determined by environmental factors, the trait has long been known to run in families, suggesting a genetic predisposition. The ...

Screening of genes interacting with high myopia and ... - Nature

In this study, 62 genes related to ocular diseases and 22 genes related to neuropsychiatric disorders were identified; of these, 15 genes were ...

New Genetic Research on Nearsightedness - 23andMe Blog

The study included data from more than 160,000 people of different ancestries. This allowed researchers to find genetic variants associated with ...

A multiethnic genome-wide analysis of 19420 individuals identifies ...

In addition to expanding the list of AL-associated loci, this study also provides evidence of shared genetic etiology between AL and MSE, or myopia. Altogether, ...