Werewolf without full moon

1995/08/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Genetika

Although we thought it was an imaginary legend that appears in popular beliefs, Mexican researchers have reasoned scientists who claimed that werewolf disease is due to a wrong gene. Researchers at the University of Guadalajara have identified with a section of the X chromosome the disease that produces symptoms comparable to certain characteristics of the wolf.

According to the researchers, in the region known as the “microsatellite” of the chromosome there is a structural change that produces this syndrome. All this constitutes the first phase of the research that will last for the next two years. However, it can be a great step to begin to understand the causes of the disease that until now was strange to us.