RESEARCH INTO DOG AND CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY
October 1st, 2010
BY DAVE YIN
A GENE discovery in Lagotto Romagnolo dogs, which traditionally function as game water retrievers and truffle hunters, could shed light on the cause of human benign childhood epilepsies, according to an European Union (EU)-funded study.
The finding was made as part of the LUPA project, which aims to better understand human diseases through the research of dogs, who suffer from the same ailments despite having simpler genetics. The gene, LGI2, was found by a team of scientists from the LUPA project in collaboration with the University of Helsinki, ...
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