POSH POOCH STUDY MAY UNVEIL SECRETS OF HUMAN GENETIC DISORDERS
February 1st, 2009
BY MONICA DOBIE
DOGS may provide some answers to the mystery of genetic disorders in people through a new European Union (EU) project called LUPA that will try to pinpoint genetic disorders in purebred canines.
The 12 EU countries involved in the scheme (including Britain - where the University of Cambridge and others are participating) will collect 10,000 DNA samples from pedigree dogs that are either healthy or suffering from certain diseases. Because the world's 400 dog breeds have very specific genetic profiles, scientists will be better able to identify the ...
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