BMJ 1996;312:1021-1025 (20 April)

Education and debate

Recent Advances: Medical genetics

John R W Yates, consultant in medical genetics a

a Department of Medical Genetics, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge CB2 2QQ


Summary points

  • The genes for most common single gene disorders have been isolated and characterised

  • A second breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA2, has been isolated

  • Techniques for detecting gene mutations are improving, but better methods are needed


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