Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Oh please!

I thought I was mishearing Dr Waljit Dhillo on Woman’s Hour this morning

But no: a protein called kisspeptin triggers the cascade of biochemical changes that leads to puberty and turns children into hormonally challenged adolescents. It may also help to cure some forms of infertility

What I haven’t managed to find out yet is whether the name was given to the gene fortuitously (which would be funny), or whether it is a geneticist’s heavy handed idea of a joke



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