Proteus Syndrome Telebriefing - Eric Green, Leslie Biesecker, Larry Thompson ...
Channel: National Human Genome Research Institute
Date: 27/07/2011

July 27, 2011 - NHGRI scientists have found the gene mutation that causes Proteus syndrome, a rare disorder that causes tissue and bone to grow out of proportion to the body. The study describing the AKT1 gene mutation was published in the online edition of The New England Journal of Medicine.  For more information go to: http://www.genome.gov/proteus.