• Question: have you found out anything yet that other people haven't?

    Asked by wadey to Lorna on 15 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lorna Houlihan

      Lorna Houlihan answered on 15 Mar 2010:

      Yep, the blood clotting genes that I answered in the previous question. Another one that we have found but it hasn’t yet been proven, is that genes that are involved in uric acid – you know the stuff that you excrete – and it you have too much of it it can cuase pain in your joints. Well genes that are involved in this uric acid may be important into how we are able to remember things… we test this in people by measuring how good they are at remembering stuff and measuring the genes for uric acid in their DNA! Have you ever done a memory test?!

Comments