Three New Cataract Genes Discovered in India
The three genes causing fan-shaped cataract, cerulean cataract and sutural cataract has been identified by a research team led by Prof Jai Rup Singh at the Centre for Genetic Disorders, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU).
Dr Jai Rup Singh said that this research had been carried out on congenital cataract for the past 30 years.
He said that they had collected DNA samples from more than 2,400 persons suffering from genetic disease of the eye.
Singh said that congenital cataract affected about three per 10,000 newborns and was one of the significant causes of blindness in children and often led to life-long visual disability.
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