Genetic variations produce different effects, depending on the tissue
Genetic variations produce different effects, depending on the tissue
A collaboration between researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom and the Faculty of medicine of the University of Geneva has demonstrated how DNA variation that controls and regulates the gene activity acts predominantly in a tissue-specific manner. In approximately 4 out of 5 cases, genetic variations will produce different effects depending on the tissue investigated. The results of this study are published today, July 31, in the prestigious journal Science.