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

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...

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...

The beta-1 adrenergic receptor gene ADRB1 is listed in the blood pressure section of GenTest report. This gene regulates the effect that...

This gene is in the section of the eye health, and determines in particular the risk for age-related macula degeneration. I have...

This week’s gene has a nick name: the Fat Gene. Studies first related genetic variations in this gene to obesity and type-II diabetes in...

The long name for this gene is Collagen Type I Alpha 1 Chain. It is a gene that codes a part of the collagen that is an essential part of...

This week I discuss a genetic variation that has another impact on the risk for type 2 diabetes, namely the KCNJ11 gene. Type 2 diabetes...

ESR1 is a gene that codes for one of the estrogen receptors. Estrogen is the primary female sex hormone. It is responsible for the...

This week I again discuss two genetic variations at the same time. The reason being that they are part of the same gene, and that they...

The cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily of enzymes catalyse one of the first steps in the metabolism of carcinogens such as polycyclic...

This week, I discuss the ApoLipoprotein B gene, which is related to familiar hypercholesterolemia, or having a higher than normal...

This week’s gene, GNB3, or G-protein beta 3 subunit, is another example of a gene that has many influences on our health, and in a number...

This week I discuss a gene that is close to my heart, as I have been awarded my PhD for research on the eye. My work was related to the...

This week Gene of the Week discusses IL6, or interleukin 6. This gene codes for an important peptide that is part of the so-called acute...

The COMT gene is listed under the detoxification section of GenTest. Yet, it is a prime example of a genetic variation that may result in...

This week, I discuss two genetic variations at the same time, because they are so strongly related. Glutathion S-Transferase Mu 1 and...

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in the long name for the enzyme that is produced by this gene. There has been a lot of attention for...

TNF-a stand for Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha. It is a very important part of your biochemistry that plays a key role in the promotion of...

SOD2, or superoxide dismutase is a very important enzyme in our body. It operates mostly in the mitochondria, which are cell organelles...