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Multiple Debilitating Pains
A new global study shows the experience of Endometriosis is rooted in a person’s genetics. Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health and the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, collaborated with 25 teams across the world. Their study revealed compelling evidence of a shared genetic basis for endometriosis and other types of pain seemingly unrelated to endometriosis, including migraine, back pain and multi-site pain.
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Multiple Debilitating Pains – New global study shows the experience of Endometriosis is rooted in a person’s genetics
Prof Krina Zondervan, Co-Director of the Endometriosis CaRe Centre, and Head of the Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, senior author on the paper, commented: “Endometriosis is now recognised as a major health issue affecting women’s lives. This study involved the analysis of DNA from more than 60,000 women with endometriosis worldwide, in an unprecedented collaboration of 25 academic and industry groups contributing their data and time. It has provided a wealth of new knowledge on the genetics underlying endometriosis, which will help the research community in their efforts to come up with new treatments and possibly new ways of diagnosing the disease benefiting millions of women worldwide”.
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