Worms reveal new role for hormones in Bardet-Biedl syndrome

A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, has shed new light on a genetic disease known as Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS)—a condition in which patients show mental and developmental delays, short stature, early onset blindness, extra digits on the hands and feet, kidney abnormalities and obesity. While the occurrence of BBS is rare—occurring in roughly 1 in every 150,000 live births—scientists believe that by understanding the mechanisms of function of BBS genes and their protein products they will gain insights into molecular processes that control development, vision, kidney function and obesity.

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