KAU team discovers new epilepsy-causing genes
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| A KAU team from the Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR) and the Faculty of Medicine has pinpointed genes linked to epilepsy.
Epilepsy is genetically complex neurological disorder affecting millions of people of different age groups varying in its type and severity.
The team used a highly sophisticated technology developed at the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research to come up with the new scientific breakthrough.
The study was carried out by high density whole genome array-CGH analysis with blood DNA samples from a cohort of 22 epilepsy patients to search for CNVs associated with epilepsy and identify potential genetic causes of the disorder.
Findings of were reported in the journal Genomics BMC. These findings will enable scientists to better describe the genetic variations in epilepsy, and could provide a foundation for understanding the critical regions of the genome which might be involved in the development of epilepsy.
Authors of the study were Dr Muhammad Imran Naseer, Dr Muhammad Faheem, Dr Adeel G Chaudhary, Dr Taha A Kumosani, Dr Maha Mohsin Al-Quaiti, Dr Mohammed M Jan, Hasan Saleh Jamal and Dr Mohammad H Al-Qahtani.
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