Gene of the week: IL1NR The gene that I discuss this week is from the GenBeauty report. This gene codes for a protein called interleukin 1 receptor antagoni...

Gene of the week: STXBP5L. This week, I return to the GenBeauty gene set. The gene under discussion is the STXBP5L gene that was previously only known to ha...

The TERT gene provides instructions for making one component of an enzyme called telomerase. Telomerase maintains structures called telomeres, which are comp...

Gene of the week: APOE (Alzheimer) The apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene makes a protein which, when combined with fat, becomes a lipoprotein. The lipoprotein Apo...

Gene of the week: HFE This week’s gene, HFE, or High FE2+ protein encoding gene, immediately tells what it does. It regulates the amount of iron absorption ...

Gene of the week: BICD1. This week’s gene has an influence on the telomere length of your chromosomes. Like the rest of a chromosome, including its genes, t...

Gene of the week: CETP. CETP stands for cholesteryl ester transfer protein, and is part of the heart health section of GenTest, because it is known to regul...

Gene of the week: HIGD1C. HIGD1C is a gene that encodes for a protein that is called Hypoxia Inducible Domain Family Member 1C. A mouths full. It is a membe...

Gene of the week: NOS1AP This week’s gene, NOS1AP is represented three times in the cardiovascular section of GenTest. Scientists have discovered that there...

Gene of the week: TCF7L2 This week’s gene is strongly determining your risk for type-2 diabetes. The normal genotype is C:C, and when you have C:T your risk...

Gene of the week: MC1R. The MC1R gene is listed in the GenBeauty report for 4 possible genetic variations, all under the UV protection segment. The MC1R ge...

Gene of the week: MMP1. The MMP1 gene is responsible for the generation of a matrix metalloproteinase enzyme, also known as interstitial collagenase. MMPs a...

Gene of the week: ITGB3. Heart disease remains the biggest reason for early death in the western world. Many genetic variations play an important role in th...

Gene of the week: NOS3 (Episode 2).  The last episode of gene of the week already announced that this gene will be covered in three different episodes. That...

The NOS3 gene is listed three times in the GenTest report under the section for heart disease, because there are three possible genotype variations in this g...

Gene of the week: HLA DQ2.5 and HLA DQ8 This week I discuss the two most well-known “celiac genes”. Celiac disease is a disorder in which eating gluten trigg...

PPARG stands for Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma. A whole mouth full, but simply said, this gene encodes for the enzyme that regulates the f...

The GPX-1 gene produces a protein in your body called glutathione peroxidase. This protein is part of the antioxidant process in our body. Antioxidants play ...

This week’s gene is a very well-known one: the gene that produces an enzyme called lactase, which is responsible in our body for digesting lactose, or milk s...

MTRR is the part of the genome that produces an enzyme called methionine synthase. This enzyme’s role in our body is to use homocysteine and turn into the am...