Genes That Have Attracted Media Attention
| HUGO Symbol | Locus | Gene product | Associated disease | Notes | Genecard |
| BRCA1 | 17q21 | Breast cancer 1, early onset | Breast cancer | Myriad Genetics owns a controversial patent on this gene | GeneCard for BRCA1 |
| BRCA2 | 13q12-13 | Breast cancer 2, early onset | Breast cancer | Myriad Genetics owns a controversial patent on this gene | GeneCard for BRCA2 |
| CD28 | 2q33 | CD28 antigen | -- | The target of the drug TGN1412, which had a dramatic outcome of its first clinical trial in 2006. | GeneCard for CD28 |
| ZBTB7A | 19p13.3 | Zbtb7 / POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor | Cancer | Originally called POKemon, the gene was renamed after legal threats from Pokémon USA . | GeneCard for ZBTB7A |
Read more about this topic: List Of Human Genes
Famous quotes containing the words genes, attracted, media and/or attention:
“Whether you want it or not,
your genes have a political past,
your skin a political tone.
your eyes a political color.
...
you walk with political steps
on political ground.”
—Wislawa Szymborska (b. 1923)
“I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)
“Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why—but the editorialists forget it—terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)
“Unfortunately, life may sometimes seem unfair to middle children, some of whom feel like an afterthought to a brilliant older sibling and unable to captivate the family’s attention like the darling baby. Yet the middle position offers great training for the real world of lowered expectations, negotiation, and compromise. Middle children who often must break the mold set by an older sibling may thereby learn to challenge family values and seek their own identity.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)