Melanie Bahlo and colleagues report a genome-wide association study on the retinal degenerative disease Macular Telangiectasia Type 2, identifying 8 new genome-wide significant loci. Further analyses suggest key roles for genes that transport and synthesize the amino acids serine, glycine and alanine, providing a more accurate genomic tool for identifying people at risk of the disease.
- Roberto Bonelli
- Victoria E. Jackson
- Melanie Bahlo
