Cinnamon the cat could offer hope to the blind

This article goes on to briefly describe several other ways in which studying feline genes can advance human medicine

One of more than a dozen mammals from the African elephant to the guinea pig, Cinnamon’s genome will provide a benchmark to help make sense of the human genome and human disease. Prof Narfstrom uses her Abyssinians to study the genetics of retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary disease that causes blindness in cats and in 1 in every 3500 people.

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